diff --git a/awesomeConfig.cmake b/awesomeConfig.cmake
index 727e1abf3..a27d0ed8e 100644
--- a/awesomeConfig.cmake
+++ b/awesomeConfig.cmake
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ if(NOT LUA51_FOUND AND NOT LUA50_FOUND) # This is a workaround to a cmake bug
 endif()
 
 set(AWESOME_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES
-    ${AWESOME_COMMON_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
+    ${AWESOME_COMMON_REQUIRED_LDFLAGS}
     ${AWESOME_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}
     ${LIB_EV}
     ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ set(AWESOME_REQUIRED_INCLUDE_DIRS
 if(WITH_DBUS)
     pkg_check_modules(DBUS dbus-1)
     if(DBUS_FOUND)
-        set(AWESOME_OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES ${AWESOME_OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES} ${DBUS_LIBRARIES})
+        set(AWESOME_OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES ${AWESOME_OPTIONAL_LIBRARIES} ${DBUS_LDFLAGS})
         set(AWESOME_OPTIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${AWESOME_OPTIONAL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${DBUS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     else()
         set(WITH_DBUS OFF)