diff --git a/api/CMakeLists.txt b/api/CMakeLists.txt
index 334a29c8..3198f6db 100644
--- a/api/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/api/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,10 +17,14 @@ else ()
             add_definitions(-DMediaKitApi_EXPORTS)
         endif ()
     endif()
-    target_link_libraries(mk_api ${LINK_LIB_LIST} jsoncpp)
+    if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "Linux")
+        target_link_libraries(mk_api -Wl,--start-group jsoncpp ${LINK_LIB_LIST} -Wl,--end-group)
+    else ()
+        target_link_libraries(mk_api jsoncpp ${LINK_LIB_LIST})
+    endif ()
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 
     file(GLOB api_header_list include/*.h)
     install(FILES ${api_header_list} DESTINATION ${INSTALL_PATH_INCLUDE})
     install(TARGETS mk_api ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${INSTALL_PATH_LIB} LIBRARY DESTINATION ${INSTALL_PATH_LIB})
-endif ()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif ()