diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 70e591d9610a9bbbc681475cd58ec3a6b06357c7..f6457086b85cebb616bc01acf3e6a774acd0734c 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ else()
   set_target_properties(external::fles_logging PROPERTIES
                         IMPORTED_LOCATION external::fles_logging-NOTFOUND
              )
+  add_library(external::fles_monitoring STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+  set_target_properties(external::fles_monitoring PROPERTIES
+                        IMPORTED_LOCATION external::fles_monitoring-NOTFOUND
+             )
 
   # Define an empty macro such that ctest is happy when no externals are
   # available