diff --git a/CMakeModules/FindSimGear.cmake b/CMakeModules/FindSimGear.cmake
index 7481fadb4..cd966f0d6 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/FindSimGear.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/FindSimGear.cmake
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ if(${SIMGEAR_LIBRARIES} STREQUAL "SIMGEAR_LIBRARIES-NOTFOUND")
         ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
 
     if(WIN32)
-        list(APPEND SIMGEAR_CORE_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES ${WINSOCK_LIBRARY})
+        list(APPEND SIMGEAR_CORE_LIBRARY_DEPENDENCIES ws2_32.lib)
     endif(WIN32)
 
     if(NOT MSVC)