diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
index 39a4257d9d..90277f3955 100644
--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@ macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
         get_target_property(deps ${lib} LINK_LIBRARIES)
         foreach(dep IN LISTS deps)
             if(TARGET ${dep})
-                get_target_property(dep_path ${dep} LOCATION)
+                get_target_property(dep_name ${dep} OUTPUT_NAME)
+                set(dep_name "-l${dep_name}")
             else()
-                set(dep_path ${dep})
+                get_filename_component(dep_name ${dep} NAME)
             endif()
-            get_filename_component(name ${dep_path} NAME)
-            wx_string_append(${var} "${name} ")
+            wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
         endforeach()
         string(STRIP ${${var}} ${var})
     endif()