diff --git a/build/cmake/config.cmake b/build/cmake/config.cmake
index 27e9f2a450..39a4257d9d 100644
--- a/build/cmake/config.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/config.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,12 @@ macro(wx_get_dependencies var lib)
     if(TARGET ${lib})
         get_target_property(deps ${lib} LINK_LIBRARIES)
         foreach(dep IN LISTS deps)
-            get_filename_component(name ${dep} NAME)
+            if(TARGET ${dep})
+                get_target_property(dep_path ${dep} LOCATION)
+            else()
+                set(dep_path ${dep})
+            endif()
+            get_filename_component(name ${dep_path} NAME)
             wx_string_append(${var} "${name} ")
         endforeach()
         string(STRIP ${${var}} ${var})