diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dda21b7d..fe41ec5d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ MESSAGE(STATUS "CMake version " ${CMAKE_VERSION} " detected")
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5.1)
 cmake_policy(VERSION 3.0)
 
+if(POLICY CMP0072)
+	cmake_policy(SET CMP0072 OLD)
+endif()
+
 # Remove the following when the version check is at least 2.8.4
 SET(CMAKE_LEGACY_CYGWIN_WIN32 0)
 
diff --git a/samples/luxcoreconsole/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/luxcoreconsole/CMakeLists.txt
index be614b8e8..94918929e 100644
--- a/samples/luxcoreconsole/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/luxcoreconsole/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ set(LUXCORECONSOLE_SRCS
 
 add_executable(luxcoreconsole ${LUXCORECONSOLE_SRCS})
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcoreconsole ${LUXCORE_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
\ No newline at end of file
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcoreconsole ${LUXCORE_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/samples/luxcoredemo/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/luxcoredemo/CMakeLists.txt
index 194104caf..241dbd5f2 100644
--- a/samples/luxcoredemo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/luxcoredemo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ set(LUXCORELIBDEMO_SRCS
 add_executable(luxcoredemo ${LUXCORELIBDEMO_SRCS})
 add_definitions(${VISIBILITY_FLAGS})
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcoredemo ${LUXCORE_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCL_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_ALL_LIBRARIES})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcoredemo ${LUXCORE_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ${OPENCL_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_ALL_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/samples/luxcorescenedemo/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/luxcorescenedemo/CMakeLists.txt
index 3acb27bfa..b52d3ec81 100644
--- a/samples/luxcorescenedemo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/luxcorescenedemo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,4 +29,4 @@ set(LUXCORESCENEDEMO_SRCS
 add_executable(luxcorescenedemo ${LUXCORESCENEDEMO_SRCS})
 add_definitions(${VISIBILITY_FLAGS})
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcorescenedemo ${LUXCORE_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcorescenedemo ${LUXCORE_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/samples/luxcoreui/CMakeLists.txt b/samples/luxcoreui/CMakeLists.txt
index c8b23001b..607f92b6a 100644
--- a/samples/luxcoreui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/samples/luxcoreui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,4 +92,5 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcoreui
 	${LUXCORE_LIBRARY}
 	${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
 	${GTK3_LIBRARIES}
-	${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+	${Boost_LIBRARIES}
+	${PYTHON_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/tests/luxcoreimplserializationdemo/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/luxcoreimplserializationdemo/CMakeLists.txt
index edd6e6762..1875ee5cf 100644
--- a/tests/luxcoreimplserializationdemo/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/luxcoreimplserializationdemo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,4 +30,4 @@ include_directories(${LuxRays_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/bcd-1.1/include)
 
 add_executable(luxcoreimplserializationdemo ${LUXCOREIMPL_SERIALIZATIONDEMO_SRCS})
 
-TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcoreimplserializationdemo luxcore slg-core slg-film slg-kernels luxrays bcd opensubdiv openvdb ${BLOSC_LIBRARY} ${EMBREE_LIBRARY} ${OIDN_LIBRARY} ${TBB_LIBRARY} ${TIFF_LIBRARIES} ${TIFF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENEXR_LIBRARIES} ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${JPEG_LIBRARIES})
\ No newline at end of file
+TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(luxcoreimplserializationdemo luxcore slg-core slg-film slg-kernels luxrays bcd opensubdiv openvdb ${BLOSC_LIBRARY} ${EMBREE_LIBRARY} ${OIDN_LIBRARY} ${PYTHON_LIBRARIES} ${TBB_LIBRARY} ${TIFF_LIBRARIES} ${TIFF_LIBRARIES} ${OPENEXR_LIBRARIES} ${PNG_LIBRARIES} ${JPEG_LIBRARIES})