diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4517d3f09..f46c50dd2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ elseif(LIBRETRO)
     target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE LIBRETRO)
     if(ANDROID OR USE_GLES)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GLES GLES3 HAVE_OPENGLES HAVE_OPENGLES3)
-		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE "-lGLESv3")
+		find_library(GLES3_LIBRARIES NAMES GLESv3 GLESv2 NO_CACHE REQUIRED)
+		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${GLES3_LIBRARIES})
     elseif(USE_GLES2)
 		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE GLES GLES2 HAVE_OPENGLES HAVE_OPENGLES2)
 		if(USE_VIDEOCORE)
@@ -363,6 +364,8 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID)
 		if(NOT SDL2_FOUND)
 			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE EGL)
 		endif()
+		find_library(${GLES3_LIBRARIES} NAMES GLESv3 GLESv2 NO_CACHE REQUIRED)
+		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${GLES3_LIBRARIES})
 	else()
 	    set(OpenGL_GL_PREFERENCE LEGACY)
 	    find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)