diff --git a/common/pb/CMakeLists.txt b/common/pb/CMakeLists.txt
index 9001bd8d..c38206fa 100644
--- a/common/pb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/pb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,4 +140,7 @@ include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP(PROTO_SRCS PROTO_HDRS ${PROTO_FILES})
 
 add_library(cockatrice_protocol ${PROTO_SRCS} ${PROTO_HDRS})
-target_link_libraries(cockatrice_protocol ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} -lprotobuf)
+if (WIN32)
+        set(cockatrice_protocol_LIBS ${cockatrice_protocol_LIBS} -lprotobuf)
+endif (WIN32)
+target_link_libraries(cockatrice_protocol ${cockatrice_protocol_LIBS})