diff --git a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bfbbf1b30ab5db9a5409147dbe394ec5cd45151..a53ef6d38af978a33dc91f215211ec692093447a 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,11 @@ 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)
+else()
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin)
+endif()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_libpurple_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)