diff --git a/modules/CMakeLists.txt b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
index 66576cd5f..7569d0ea0 100644
--- a/modules/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/modules/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@ if(NOT ${UTHREAD})
 endif()
 
 if (${ASYNC_SIMPLE_DISABLE_AIO} OR NOT LIBAIO_INCLUDE_DIR OR NOT LIBAIO_LIBRARIES)
-  target_compile_definitions(libasync_simple INTERFACE ASYNC_SIMPLE_HAS_NOT_AIO)
+  add_definitions(-DASYNC_SIMPLE_HAS_NOT_AIO)
 endif()