diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dcd1218a5b0b6..06dd5a1332cb9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,9 +137,9 @@ set(EXTERNAL_LIBS
 )
 
 if(WITH_GPU)
-    list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIB ${CUDA_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_rt_LIBRARY})
+    list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS ${CUDA_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_rt_LIBRARY})
     if(NOT WITH_DSO)
-        list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIB ${CUDNN_LIBRARY} ${CUDA_CUBLAS_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_curand_LIBRARY})
+        list(APPEND EXTERNAL_LIBS ${CUDNN_LIBRARY} ${CUDA_CUBLAS_LIBRARIES} ${CUDA_curand_LIBRARY})
     endif(NOT WITH_DSO)
 endif(WITH_GPU)