diff --git a/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt
index 545499200..a63b591c5 100644
--- a/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ absl_cc_library(
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_COPTS}
   LINKOPTS
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS}
-    $<$<BOOL:${LIBRT}>:${LIBRT}>
+    $<$<BOOL:${LIBRT}>:-lrt>
     $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:"advapi32">
   DEPS
     absl::atomic_hook