diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ea7aea118..a6cbfb1b7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,38 @@ if(EIGEN_BUILD_LIB)
   option(EIGEN_TEST_LIB "Build the unit tests using the library (disable -pedantic)" OFF)
 endif(EIGEN_BUILD_LIB)
 
+
+#############################################################################
+# find how to link to the standard libraries                                #
+#############################################################################
+
+find_package(StandardMathLibrary)
+
+set(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO "")
+
+if(NOT STANDARD_MATH_LIBRARY_FOUND)
+
+  message(FATAL_ERROR
+    "Can't link to the standard math library. Please report to the Eigen developers, telling them about your platform.")
+
+else()
+
+  if(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO)
+    set(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO "${EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO} ${STANDARD_MATH_LIBRARY}")
+  else()
+    set(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO "${STANDARD_MATH_LIBRARY}")
+  endif()
+
+endif()
+
+if(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO)
+  message(STATUS "Standard libraries to link to explicitly: ${EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO}")
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Standard libraries to link to explicitly: none")
+endif()
+
+
+
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
diff --git a/doc/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 29cf078c1..9db5b1f58 100644
--- a/doc/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(all_examples)
 FOREACH(example_src ${examples_SRCS})
 GET_FILENAME_COMPONENT(example ${example_src} NAME_WE)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(${example} ${example_src})
+if(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO)
+  target_link_libraries(${example} ${EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO})
+endif()
 GET_TARGET_PROPERTY(example_executable
                     ${example} LOCATION)
 ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
diff --git a/doc/snippets/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
index 72bd7770a..7458830b0 100644
--- a/doc/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/snippets/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/compile_snippet.cpp.in
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${compile_snippet_src})
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(${compile_snippet_target}
                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${compile_snippet_src})
+if(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO)
+  target_link_libraries(${compile_snippet_target} ${EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO})
+endif()
 GET_TARGET_PROPERTY(compile_snippet_executable
                     ${compile_snippet_target} LOCATION)
 ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 9cdebb02c..179fbada2 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,10 @@ macro(ei_add_test testname)
     target_link_libraries(${targetname} Eigen2)
   endif(TEST_LIB)
 
+  if(EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO)
+    target_link_libraries(${targetname} ${EIGEN_STANDARD_LIBRARIES_TO_LINK_TO})
+  endif()
+
   target_link_libraries(${targetname} ${EXTERNAL_LIBS})
   if(${ARGC} GREATER 2)
     string(STRIP "${ARGV2}" ARGV2_stripped)