diff --git a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
index f31b1a720caba0a6eed5d58c2022cd137303151d..cbf2575bd00fed650d7a53b84bbee6ab2e1dbcbc 100644
--- a/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/libpurple/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(spectrum2_libpurple_backend ${SRC})
 
-if(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+if(MSVC)
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_libpurple_backend sqlite3 ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY})
+else()
 	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 sqlite3 ${PURPLE_LIBRARY} ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES} ${EVENT_LIBRARIES} transport-plugin ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_libpurple_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)