diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2efa4798b774b168c2e9a63cd9b02b180fdd4827..1c0e39297adc730a6d56cd057f1e5c78b32cb577 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ catkin_package(
 # Find xml_reflection
 ADD_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCY("urdfdom >= 0.2.9")
 ADD_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCY("gazebo >= 7.0.0")
-ADD_REQUIRED_DEPENDENCY(roscpp)
+ADD_COMPILE_DEPENDENCY(roscpp)
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(SpringPlugin
   SHARED