diff --git a/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt
index b35d57a35ff8db8fe82e3167b00c11e4a412a19f..bee84e3466fa2803be46b86f6a1b710c15e7a0cb 100644
--- a/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/template/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ FILE(GLOB SRC *.c *.cpp)
 
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(spectrum2_template_backend ${SRC})
 
+if (NOT WIN32)
 target_link_libraries(spectrum2_template_backend transport pthread ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_template_backend transport ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
 
 #INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_template_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)