diff --git a/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt
index b21dae400a..ed6488316c 100644
--- a/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/exporters/elasticsearch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ target_include_directories(
 
 target_link_libraries(
   opentelemetry_exporter_elasticsearch_logs
-  PUBLIC opentelemetry_trace opentelemetry_logs opentelemetry_http_client_curl)
+  PUBLIC opentelemetry_trace opentelemetry_logs opentelemetry_http_client_curl
+         nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
 
 install(
   TARGETS opentelemetry_exporter_elasticsearch_logs