diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f57a78a14a..5e1924ba1e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -794,8 +794,15 @@ foreach (flag ${CONFIG_LDFLAGS_LIST})
       # message("${flag} is a file")
       set(_CONFIG_LDFLAGS "${_CONFIG_LDFLAGS} ${flag}")
     else()
-      message("Fixing ${flag} to -l${flag}")
-      set(_CONFIG_LDFLAGS "${_CONFIG_LDFLAGS} -l${flag}")
+      string(FIND "${flag}" "::" hascolcol)
+      if (${hascolcol} EQUAL -1)
+	message("Fixing ${flag} to -l${flag}")
+	set(_CONFIG_LDFLAGS "${_CONFIG_LDFLAGS} -l${flag}")
+      else()
+	string(REGEX MATCH "[^:]*$" flag2 "${flag}")
+	message("Fixing ${flag} to -l${flag2}")
+	set(_CONFIG_LDFLAGS "${_CONFIG_LDFLAGS} -l${flag2}")
+      endif()
     endif()
   endif()
 endforeach()