diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a5bc4a0b..8ad8b4abe 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ option(ENABLE_IPV6 "Define if you want to enable IPv6 support" OFF)
 mark_as_advanced(ENABLE_IPV6)
 
 if(WIN32)
-  list_spaces_append_once(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES wsock32.lib ws2_32.lib)  # bufferoverflowu.lib
+  find_library(WSOCK32_LIBRARY wsock32)
+  find_library(WS2_32_LIBRARY ws2_32)
+  list_spaces_append_once(CMAKE_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES ${WSOCK32_LIBRARY} ${WS2_32_LIBRARY})  # bufferoverflowu.lib
   if(CURL_DISABLE_LDAP)
     # Remove wldap32.lib from space-separated list
     string(REPLACE " " ";" _LIST ${CMAKE_C_STANDARD_LIBRARIES})
@@ -861,4 +863,3 @@ install(DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/curl"
     DESTINATION include
     FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h"
     PATTERN "curlbuild.h" EXCLUDE)
- 
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