diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 216271fd5..d848b0cfa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,6 +182,7 @@ foreach(slam_system IN LISTS EXTERNAL_SLAM_SYSTEMS)
 	endif()
 	if(${slam_system}_FOUND)
 		set(SLAM_NAME ${slam_system})
+		set(SLAM_LDFLAGS ${${slam_system}_LDFLAGS})
 		set(SLAM_LIBRARIES ${${slam_system}_LIBRARIES})
 		set(SLAM_INCLUDE_DIRS ${${slam_system}_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 		# Exit after the first we find.
diff --git a/src/external/CMakeLists.txt b/src/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 48e706eed..347e5eab0 100644
--- a/src/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ if(XRT_FEATURE_SLAM)
 		xrt-external-slam INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/slam_tracker
 		)
 	target_include_directories(xrt-external-slam SYSTEM INTERFACE ${SLAM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-	target_link_libraries(xrt-external-slam INTERFACE ${SLAM_LIBRARIES})
+	target_link_libraries(xrt-external-slam INTERFACE ${SLAM_LDFLAGS})
 endif()
 
 # STB