# What cmake method is used to configure the Additional Dependencies option in Librarian for VS Static library project ?

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What are you trying to achieve?

If you are trying to link system libraries then just use target\_link\_libraries like so.

```cmake
target_link_libraries(foobar PRIVATE
    # DX12 libraries
    d3d12.lib
    dxgi.lib
    dxguid.lib
)

```

This will properly handle dependencies.