diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 783f675155..8707ac2453 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -693,7 +693,11 @@ if(LibArchive_FOUND)
     target_link_libraries(libtesseract PUBLIC ${LibArchive_LIBRARIES})
 endif(LibArchive_FOUND)
 if(CURL_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(libtesseract PUBLIC ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
+    if(NOT "${CURL_LIBRARIES}")
+        target_link_libraries(libtesseract PUBLIC CURL::libcurl)
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(libtesseract PUBLIC ${CURL_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
 endif(CURL_FOUND)
 set_target_properties           (libtesseract PROPERTIES VERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
 set_target_properties           (libtesseract PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})