diff --git a/clients/CMakeLists.txt b/clients/CMakeLists.txt
index 3e4c9322..9192234d 100644
--- a/clients/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/clients/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ project (sfizz)
 if (SFIZZ_JACK)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     pkg_check_modules(JACK "jack" REQUIRED)
+    link_directories (${JACK_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
     add_executable (sfizz_jack MidiHelpers.h jack_client.cpp)
     target_include_directories (sfizz_jack PRIVATE ${JACK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     target_link_libraries (sfizz_jack PRIVATE sfizz::sfizz absl::flags_parse sfizz-sndfile ${JACK_LIBRARIES})
-    link_directories (${JACK_LIBRARY_DIRS})
     sfizz_enable_lto_if_needed (sfizz_jack)
     install (TARGETS sfizz_jack DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
         COMPONENT "jack" OPTIONAL)