diff --git a/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
index 305e9872d2..47406fd4cb 100644
--- a/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/lammps-gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,6 +132,12 @@ if(BUILD_OMP)
   find_package(OpenMP COMPONENTS CXX REQUIRED)
   target_link_libraries(lammps-gui PRIVATE OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
 endif()
+if(WITH_JPEG)
+  target_link_libraries(lammps-gui PRIVATE JPEG::JPEG)
+endif()
+if(WITH_PNG)
+ target_link_libraries(lammps-gui PRIVATE PNG::PNG ZLIB::ZLIB)
+endif()
 
 # when compiling on macOS, create an "app bundle"
 if(APPLE)