diff --git a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
index 501e5c5ae5..fdd0b900ab 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/openmw/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ target_link_libraries(openmw
     ${BULLET_LIBRARIES}
     ${MYGUI_LIBRARIES}
     ${SDL2_LIBRARY}
-    ${SDL2MAIN_LIBRARY}
     ${MYGUI_PLATFORM_LIBRARIES}
     ${SHINY_LIBRARIES}
     "oics"
@@ -120,6 +119,10 @@ target_link_libraries(openmw
     components
 )
 
+if (NOT UNIX)
+target_link_libraries(openmw ${SDL2MAIN_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 # Fix for not visible pthreads functions for linker with glibc 2.15
 if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
 target_link_libraries(openmw ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})