diff --git a/CMake/GeneratePkgConfig.cmake b/CMake/GeneratePkgConfig.cmake
index bd0f01906..6bd33f60b 100644
--- a/CMake/GeneratePkgConfig.cmake
+++ b/CMake/GeneratePkgConfig.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ function(get_relative_link OUTPUT PATH)
   get_filename_component(NAME ${PATH} NAME_WE)
   if (${PATH} MATCHES "^[$]<[$]<CONFIG:DEBUG>:")
     set(LINK "")
-  elseif (${NAME} MATCHES "^lib")
+  elseif (NOT WIN32 AND ${NAME} MATCHES "^lib")
     string(REGEX REPLACE "^lib" "-l" LINK ${NAME})
   elseif (${NAME} MATCHES "^-")
     set(LINK ${NAME})