diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b931dc5..2aa8fde 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ ELSEIF (AMIGA)
 ELSE()
 	FILE(GLOB SRC_OS src/unix/*.c)
 ENDIF()
-FILE(GLOB SRC_GIT2 src/*.c src/transports/*.c src/xdiff/*.c)
+FILE(GLOB SRC_GIT2 src/*.c src/transports/*.c)
 
 # Determine architecture of the machine
 IF (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8)
@@ -313,6 +313,7 @@ ENDIF()
 ADD_LIBRARY(git2 ${SRC_GIT2} ${SRC_OS} ${SRC_ZLIB} ${SRC_HTTP} ${SRC_REGEX} ${SRC_SHA1} ${WIN_RC})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git2 ${SSL_LIBRARIES})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git2 ${SSH_LIBRARIES})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(git2 -lxdiff)
 TARGET_OS_LIBRARIES(git2)
 
 # Workaround for Cmake bug #0011240 (see http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=11240)
@@ -388,6 +389,7 @@ IF (BUILD_CLAR)
 
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar ${SSL_LIBRARIES})
 	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar ${SSH_LIBRARIES})
+	TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar -lxdiff)
 	TARGET_OS_LIBRARIES(libgit2_clar)
 	MSVC_SPLIT_SOURCES(libgit2_clar)