diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt b/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt
index 04eea7a21..ae4bad15a 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,9 @@ endif()
 
 if(BUILD_TRANSPORT_CURL)
   target_link_libraries(azure-core PUBLIC CURL::libcurl)
+  if(WIN32)
+    target_link_libraries(azure-core PRIVATE Ws2_32)
+  endif()
 endif()
 if(BUILD_TRANSPORT_WINHTTP)
   target_link_libraries(azure-core PRIVATE winhttp WIL::WIL)