diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
index d5ec8cf4fb..c2aa026ef0 100644
--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
@@ -42,7 +42,13 @@ macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
             else()
                 get_filename_component(dep_name ${dep} NAME)
             endif()
-            wx_string_append(${var} "-l${dep_name} ")
+            if(dep_name MATCHES "^-l(.*)" OR  dep_name STREQUAL "libc.so")
+                wx_string_append(${var} "${dep_name} ")
+            elseif(dep_name MATCHES "^lib(.*)(.so|.a)")
+                wx_string_append(${var} "-l${CMAKE_MATCH_1} ")
+            elseif(dep_name)
+                wx_string_append(${var} "-l${dep_name} ")
+            endif()
         endforeach()
         string(STRIP ${${var}} ${var})
     endif()