diff --git a/cmake/FindJulia.cmake b/cmake/FindJulia.cmake
--- a/cmake/FindJulia.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindJulia.cmake
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 
 # Checking existance of main header. Some distos provide packages without actual includes
 find_path(Julia_MAIN_HEADER julia.h HINTS ${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+find_library(Julia_LIBRARY julia HINTS ${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS}/../../lib)
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 find_package_handle_standard_args(Julia
diff --git a/src/backends/julia/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/julia/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/backends/julia/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/julia/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include_directories(${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
 add_subdirectory(juliaserver)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 
@@ -16,7 +18,7 @@
 
 add_backend(juliabackend ${JuliaBackend_SRCS})
 
-target_link_libraries(cantor_juliabackend Qt5::DBus)
+target_link_libraries(cantor_juliabackend Qt5::DBus ${Julia_LIBRARY})
 
 install(FILES juliabackend.kcfg DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_KCFGDIR})
 install(FILES keywords.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_DATADIR}/cantor/juliabackend)
diff --git a/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
+add_definitions(-DJULIA_ENABLE_THREADING=1)
+
 set(JuliaServer_SRCS
     juliaserver.cpp
     main.cpp
 )
-
 add_executable(cantor_juliaserver ${JuliaServer_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(cantor_juliaserver
-    ${JULIA_LIBRARY}
+    ${Julia_LIBRARY}
     Qt5::Widgets
     Qt5::DBus
 )