diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 9736e39e5..f6c364239 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,8 +117,11 @@ endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
   if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-    # Add "_imp" as a suffix before the extension to avoid conflicting with the statically linked "libcurl.lib"
-    set_target_properties(${LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES IMPORT_SUFFIX "_imp.lib")
+    if(MSVC)
+      # Add "_imp" as a suffix before the extension to avoid conflicting with
+      # the statically linked "libcurl.lib"
+      set_target_properties(${LIB_NAME} PROPERTIES IMPORT_SUFFIX "_imp.lib")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()