diff --git a/SerialPrograms/CMakeLists.txt b/SerialPrograms/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b4737be5..7a3a7e660 100644
--- a/SerialPrograms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/SerialPrograms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ else()
     if (WIN32)
     elseif (APPLE)
         # on macOS, need this framework to query OS API to control display sleep and system sleep behavior
-        target_link_libraries(SerialPrograms "-framework IOKit")
+        target_link_libraries(SerialPrograms "-framework IOKit -framework CoreFoundation")
     elseif(UNIX)
     endif()