diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2d474b877f0..edd58153b53 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1202,8 +1202,12 @@ endif ()
 # Assuming they don't
 foreach (libs ${LINK_COMP_LIBS})
 #  set (_PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES_PRIVATE "${_PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES_PRIVATE} -l${libs}")
+if(TARGET ${libs})
   get_target_property (libname ${libs} OUTPUT_NAME)
   set (_PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE "${_PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE} -l${libname}")
+else ()
+    set (_PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE "${_PKG_CONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE} -l${libs}")
+endif ()
 endforeach ()
 
 #if (BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)