diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index ec6b94344..3c30d4661 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ if(SERVERS)
   add_subdirectory(readline)
   add_subdirectory(jemalloc)
   add_subdirectory(gsoap)
+  add_subdirectory(gperftools)
 endif()
 
 if(TOOLS)
diff --git a/deps/gperftools/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/gperftools/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f69cfe5b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/gperftools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016+     AzerothCore <www.azerothcore.org>, released under GNU AGPL v3 license: https://github.com/azerothcore/azerothcore-wotlk/blob/master/LICENSE-AGPL3
+#
+
+add_library(gperftools INTERFACE)
+
+target_link_libraries(gperftools
+  INTERFACE
+    ${GPERFTOOLS_LIBRARIES})
diff --git a/src/server/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt b/src/server/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt
index 6cd093486..604c59196 100644
--- a/src/server/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/server/worldserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ target_link_libraries(worldserver
     scripts
     gsoap
     readline
-    ${GPERFTOOLS_LIBRARIES})
+    gperftools)
 
 set_target_properties(worldserver
   PROPERTIES