diff --git a/dart/optimizer/pagmo/CMakeLists.txt b/dart/optimizer/pagmo/CMakeLists.txt
index 455bed947324a..b1dac756b1160 100644
--- a/dart/optimizer/pagmo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dart/optimizer/pagmo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ set(component_name optimizer-pagmo)
 # Add target
 dart_add_library(${target_name} ${hdrs} ${srcs})
 target_link_libraries(${target_name} PUBLIC dart Pagmo::pagmo)
+if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS 9)
+  target_link_libraries(${target_name} PUBLIC stdc++fs)
+endif()
 
 # Thread
 if(THREADS_HAVE_PTHREAD_ARG)