diff --git a/GraphBLAS/CMakeLists.txt b/GraphBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
index 8677da436b..68811a4082 100644
--- a/GraphBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/GraphBLAS/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -409,7 +409,9 @@ if ( NOT NO_LIBM )
 endif ( )
 
 # libdl
-if ( NOT WIN32 )
+include ( CheckLibraryExists )
+check_library_exists ( "dl" "dlopen" "${CMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH}" HAVE_DL )
+if ( HAVE_DL AND NOT WIN32 )
     if ( BUILD_SHARED_LIBS )
         target_link_libraries ( GraphBLAS PRIVATE dl )
     endif ( )