diff --git a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
index 72f61529d1..35e1b9112d 100644
--- a/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -425,8 +425,7 @@ else()
 	endif()
 	target_link_libraries(rpcs3 ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS} ZLIB::ZLIB ${ADDITIONAL_LIBS})
 	if(USE_SYSTEM_FFMPEG)
-		link_libraries(${FFMPEG_LIBRARY_DIR})
-		target_link_libraries(rpcs3 libavformat.so libavcodec.so libavutil.so libswscale.so)
+		target_link_libraries(rpcs3 ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES})
 	else()
 		target_link_libraries(rpcs3 libavformat.a libavcodec.a libavutil.a libswscale.a)
 	endif()