diff --git a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
index a53ef6d38af978a33dc91f215211ec692093447a..c40e6f124db6ece07cfdd9fcefee176aac23e8c8 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,10 +3,14 @@ FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${SRC})
 
-if(NOT WIN32)
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin pthread)
+if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+	if (NOT WIN32)
+	target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin pthread)
+	else()
+	target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin)
+	endif()
 else()
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin)
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_libpurple_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)