diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 469a141a2..eec19c7d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ if (BZIP2_FOUND)
   if (PC_BZIP2_FOUND)
     list(APPEND PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES_PRIVATE "bzip2")
   else ()
-    list(APPEND PKGCONFIG_LIBS_PRIVATE "-lbz2")
+    list(APPEND PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES_PRIVATE "bzip2")
   endif ()
 endif ()
 if (PNG_FOUND)