diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9b9eb62..5d92e60d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1636,10 +1636,10 @@ elseif(WINDOWS)
   file(GLOB VERSION_SOURCES ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main/windows/*.rc)
   file(GLOB SDLMAIN_SOURCES ${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/src/main/windows/*.c)
   if(MINGW OR CYGWIN)
-    list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS mingw32)
+    list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS SDL2main mingw32)
     list(APPEND EXTRA_LDFLAGS "-mwindows")
     set(SDL_CFLAGS "${SDL_CFLAGS} -Dmain=SDL_main")
-    list(APPEND SDL_LIBS "-lmingw32" "-lSDL2main" "-mwindows")
+    list(APPEND SDL_LIBS "-lSDL2main" "-lmingw32" "-mwindows")
   endif()
 
 elseif(APPLE)