diff --git a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d8c9f0dfcf8083e657b09f1299bce71ee30e7f1..ad53b62b4c44b970567a0a059d6409210fd2a3fa 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp)
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${SRC})
 
 if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin pthread)
+	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} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin)
+	endif()
 else()
 include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/protobuf/libprotobuf")
 target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin libprotobuf)