diff --git a/ballisticacore-cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/ballisticacore-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 358cf738..08af1583 100644
--- a/ballisticacore-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ballisticacore-cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ if (HEADLESS)
  else ()
   find_package(SDL2 QUIET)
   if (SDL2_FOUND)
+    if ("${SDL2_LIBRARIES}" STREQUAL "")
+      message(WARNING "SDL2_LIBRARIES wasn't set, manually setting to SDL2::SDL2")
+      set(SDL2_LIBRARIES "SDL2::SDL2")
+    endif ()
     # Getting complaint about space at the end of this on ubuntu16.
     string(STRIP ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} SDL2_LIBRARIES)
   else ()