diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 17568c9af..b70e223b4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1136,11 +1136,13 @@ elseif(APPLE)
     target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC _GNU_SOURCE _XOPEN_SOURCE __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 _DARWIN_C_SOURCE)
 elseif(OpenBSD)
     target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC _XOPEN_SOURCE=700 _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 _BSD_SOURCE)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R6/lib") # detect x11 lib path automatically
 elseif(SunOS)
     target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC _GNU_SOURCE _XOPEN_SOURCE __STDC_WANT_LIB_EXT1__ _FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 __EXTENSIONS__ _POSIX_C_SOURCE)
 elseif(NetBSD)
     target_compile_definitions(libfastfetch PUBLIC _GNU_SOURCE)
     set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-char-subscripts")
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} -Wl,-rpath,/usr/X11R7/lib") # ditto
 endif()
 
 if(HAVE_STATX)