diff --git a/tools/taos-tools/src/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/taos-tools/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4fa7fb0dc4..5bc2703165 100644
--- a/tools/taos-tools/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/taos-tools/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -364,4 +364,4 @@ ELSE ()
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(taosBenchmark taos msvcregex pthread toolscJson ${WEBSOCKET_LINK_FLAGS})
 ENDIF ()
 
-target_link_libraries(taosBenchmark PRIVATE z)
+target_link_libraries(taosBenchmark z)