diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 687bf59..1cb32a3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ find_package(PkgConfig)
 
 if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
     pkg_check_modules(LIBUSB libusb-1.0 IMPORTED_TARGET)
+    set(LIBUSB_LIBRARIES "${LIBUSB_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
 else()
     set(LIBUSB_LIBRARIES "" CACHE STRING "manual libusb path")
     set(LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS "" CACHE STRING "manual libusb includepath")