diff --git a/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
index e41deee42..1b2c766f1 100644
--- a/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/sdk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ function(add_subdirectory_if_exists folder)
 endfunction()
 
 set(IMHEX_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_BUILD ON PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(IMHEX_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_BUILD ON)
 add_custom_target(imhex_all)
 
 add_subdirectory(lib/third_party/imgui)
diff --git a/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
index e8f9af7d0..a4fc41e60 100644
--- a/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/libimhex/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,10 +103,10 @@ if (NOT IMHEX_EXTERNAL_PLUGIN_BUILD)
         target_link_libraries(libimhex PUBLIC ${FOUNDATION})
     endif ()
 
-    target_link_libraries(libimhex PRIVATE microtar libpl plcli libpl-gen libwolv ${FMT_LIBRARIES} ${NFD_LIBRARIES} magic dl ${IMGUI_LIBRARIES} ${NLOHMANN_JSON_LIBRARIES} ${MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES} ${LIBBACKTRACE_LIBRARIES} ${JTHREAD_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(libimhex PRIVATE microtar libpl plcli libpl-gen libwolv ${NFD_LIBRARIES} magic dl ${IMGUI_LIBRARIES} ${NLOHMANN_JSON_LIBRARIES} ${MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES} ${LIBBACKTRACE_LIBRARIES} ${JTHREAD_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(libimhex ${LIBIMHEX_LIBRARY_TYPE} ${NLOHMANN_JSON_LIBRARIES} ${IMGUI_LIBRARIES})
+target_link_libraries(libimhex ${LIBIMHEX_LIBRARY_TYPE} ${NLOHMANN_JSON_LIBRARIES} ${IMGUI_LIBRARIES} ${FMT_LIBRARIES})
 
 set_property(TARGET libimhex PROPERTY INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION FALSE)