diff --git a/cmake/targets/linux.cmake b/cmake/targets/linux.cmake
index 8ce7e024a..e8c466cbc 100644
--- a/cmake/targets/linux.cmake
+++ b/cmake/targets/linux.cmake
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 # linux specific target definitions
 
 # Using newer c++ compilers / features on older distros causes runtime dyn link errors
-target_link_libraries(sunshine -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++)
+list(APPEND SUNSHINE_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES
+        -static-libgcc
+        -static-libstdc++
+)