diff --git a/src/libretro/Makefile b/src/libretro/Makefile
index a15ae82af..1a510aa90 100644
--- a/src/libretro/Makefile
+++ b/src/libretro/Makefile
@@ -395,10 +395,9 @@ else ifneq (,$(findstring windows_msvc2017,$(platform)))
    PATH := $(shell IFS=$$'\n'; cygpath "$(VCCompilerToolsBinDir)/$(TargetArchMoniker)"):$(PATH)
    PATH := $(PATH):$(shell IFS=$$'\n'; cygpath "$(VsInstallRoot)/Common7/IDE")
    INCLUDE := $(shell IFS=$$'\n'; cygpath -w "$(VcCompilerToolsDir)/include")
+   LIB := $(shell IFS=$$'\n'; cygpath -w "$(VcCompilerToolsDir)/lib/$(TargetArchMoniker)")
    ifneq (,$(findstring uwp,$(PlatformSuffix)))
-      LIB := $(shell IFS=$$'\n'; cygpath -w "$(VcCompilerToolsDir)/lib/$(TargetArchMoniker/store)")
-   else
-      LIB := $(shell IFS=$$'\n'; cygpath -w "$(VcCompilerToolsDir)/lib/$(TargetArchMoniker)")
+      LIB := $(shell IFS=$$'\n'; cygpath -w "$(LIB)/store")
    endif
 
    export INCLUDE := $(INCLUDE);$(WindowsSDKSharedIncludeDir);$(WindowsSDKUCRTIncludeDir);$(WindowsSDKUMIncludeDir)