diff --git a/io/CMakeLists.txt b/io/CMakeLists.txt
index a17cb2d..b2a56b3 100644
--- a/io/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/io/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -330,11 +330,13 @@ if(build)
     add_definitions(${VTK_DEFINES})
     PCL_ADD_LIBRARY("${LIB_NAME}" "${SUBSYS_NAME}" ${srcs} ${incs} ${compression_incs} ${impl_incs} ${OPENNI_INCLUDES} ${OPENNI2_INCLUDES})
     target_include_directories(${LIB_NAME} PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include" ${VTK_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
-    link_directories(${VTK_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
-    target_link_libraries("${LIB_NAME}" pcl_common pcl_io_ply ${VTK_LIBRARIES} )
+    
     if(PNG_FOUND)
       target_link_libraries("${LIB_NAME}" ${PNG_LIBRARIES})
     endif(PNG_FOUND)
+    
+    link_directories(${VTK_LINK_DIRECTORIES})
+    target_link_libraries("${LIB_NAME}" pcl_common pcl_io_ply ${VTK_LIBRARIES} )
 
     if(LIBUSB_1_FOUND)
       target_link_libraries("${LIB_NAME}" ${LIBUSB_1_LIBRARIES})
