diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c553e855e..7e422506ad 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,17 +46,10 @@ list (APPEND COMPONENT_FILES "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/${VERSION_CPP_FILE}")
 
 # OSG plugin checker
 # Helpfully, OSG doesn't export this to its CMake config as it doesn't have one
-set(OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX "")
-if (CYGWIN)
-    SET(OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX "cygwin_")
-elseif(MINGW)
-    SET(OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX "mingw_")
-endif()
-list(TRANSFORM USED_OSG_PLUGINS PREPEND "${OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX}" OUTPUT_VARIABLE USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES)
-list(TRANSFORM USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES APPEND "${CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_SUFFIX}")
-list(TRANSFORM USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES PREPEND "\"" OUTPUT_VARIABLE USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES_FORMATTED)
-list(TRANSFORM USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES_FORMATTED APPEND "\"")
-list(JOIN USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES_FORMATTED ", " USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES_FORMATTED)
+list(TRANSFORM USED_OSG_PLUGINS REPLACE "^osgdb_" "" OUTPUT_VARIABLE USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES)
+list(TRANSFORM USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES PREPEND "\"" OUTPUT_VARIABLE USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES_FORMATTED)
+list(TRANSFORM USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES_FORMATTED APPEND "\"")
+list(JOIN USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES_FORMATTED ", " USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES_FORMATTED)
 
 set(OSG_PLUGIN_CHECKER_CPP_FILE "components/misc/osgpluginchecker.cpp")
 configure_file("${OpenMW_SOURCE_DIR}/${OSG_PLUGIN_CHECKER_CPP_FILE}.in" "${OpenMW_BINARY_DIR}/${OSG_PLUGIN_CHECKER_CPP_FILE}")
diff --git a/components/misc/osgpluginchecker.cpp.in b/components/misc/osgpluginchecker.cpp.in
index f519447752..81ae73f9e3 100644
--- a/components/misc/osgpluginchecker.cpp.in
+++ b/components/misc/osgpluginchecker.cpp.in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ namespace Misc
 
     namespace
     {
-        constexpr auto USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES = std::to_array<std::string_view>({${USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES_FORMATTED}});
+        constexpr auto USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES = std::to_array<std::string_view>({${USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES_FORMATTED}});
     }
 
     bool checkRequiredOSGPluginsArePresent()
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Misc
 
         auto availableOSGPlugins = osgDB::listAllAvailablePlugins();
         bool haveAllPlugins = true;
-        for (std::string_view plugin : USED_OSG_PLUGIN_FILENAMES)
+        for (std::string_view plugin : USED_OSG_PLUGIN_NAMES)
         {
             if (std::find_if(availableOSGPlugins.begin(), availableOSGPlugins.end(),
                     [&](std::string_view availablePlugin) {
@@ -71,7 +71,10 @@ namespace Misc
 #else
                 std::filesystem::path pluginPath {availablePlugin};
 #endif
-                        return pluginPath.filename() == plugin;
+                        return pluginPath.filename()
+                            == std::filesystem::path(
+                                osgDB::Registry::instance()->createLibraryNameForExtension(std::string{ plugin }))
+                                   .filename();
                     })
                 == availableOSGPlugins.end())
             {