diff --git a/src/cmd_fetch.zig b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
index 980fb8eda8a65dbc42a734ff1dceb3efaf5b6719..794f1519b4f98e96a9669b6b9fb2be807bbcaa03 100644
--- a/src/cmd_fetch.zig
+++ b/src/cmd_fetch.zig
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ pub fn execute(args: [][]u8) !void {
         \\    for (packages) |pkg| {
         \\        exe.addPackage(pkg);
         \\    }
+        \\    if (c_include_dirs.len > 0 or c_source_files.len > 0) {
+        \\        exe.linkLibC();
+        \\    }
         \\    for (c_include_dirs) |dir| {
         \\        exe.addIncludeDir(dir);
         \\    }