diff --git a/qt/scientific_interfaces/Direct/CMakeLists.txt b/qt/scientific_interfaces/Direct/CMakeLists.txt
index feeec84351e90601186ecb013ff8189f4de7f7a7..210b7ab78588fceb2765a3c583034c8fec0a9550 100644
--- a/qt/scientific_interfaces/Direct/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qt/scientific_interfaces/Direct/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ mtd_add_qt_library(TARGET_NAME MantidScientificInterfacesDirect
                    SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRS
                      ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS}
                    LINK_LIBS
+                     DataObjects
                      ${CORE_MANTIDLIBS}
                      ${POCO_LIBRARIES}
                      ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ mtd_add_qt_library(TARGET_NAME MantidScientificInterfacesDirect
                    DEFS
                      IN_MANTIDQT_DIRECT
                    LINK_LIBS
+                     DataObjects
                      ${CORE_MANTIDLIBS}
                      PythonInterfaceCore
                      ${POCO_LIBRARIES}