diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b3acbd80..637ccf43d 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/dae/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,11 @@ SET(TARGET_H
     domSourceReader.h
 )
 IF(WIN32)
-SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES libcollada_dom libcollada_dae libcollada_STLDatabase libcollada_LIBXMLPlugin libcollada_stdErrPlugin libxml2 )
+    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES libcollada_dom libcollada_dae libcollada_STLDatabase libcollada_LIBXMLPlugin libcollada_stdErrPlugin libxml2 )
 ELSE(WIN32)
-SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES collada_dom collada_dae collada_STLDatabase collada_LIBXMLPlugin collada_stdErrPlugin xml2 )
+    #SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES collada_dom collada_dae collada_STLDatabase collada_LIBXMLPlugin collada_stdErrPlugin xml2 )
+    # JC hack STLDatabase and XMLPlugin are statically linked on Linux
+    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES collada_dom collada_dae xml2 )
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 SET(TARGET_LIBRARIES_VARS COLLADA_LIBRARY)