diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 759cab8a266..d1ed70f919f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -226,8 +226,8 @@ get_filename_component(BOOST_LIBRARY_LISTING "${BOOST_LIBRARY_FIRST}" PATH)
 set(BOOST_LIBRARY_LISTING "-L${BOOST_LIBRARY_LISTING}")
 foreach (lib ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
     get_filename_component(BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME "${lib}" NAME_WE)
-    string(REPLACE "lib" "-l" BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME ${BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME})
-    set(BOOST_LIBRARY_LISTING "${BOOST_LIBRARY_LISTING} ${BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME}")
+    string(REPLACE "lib" "" BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME ${BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME})
+    set(BOOST_LIBRARY_LISTING "${BOOST_LIBRARY_LISTING} -l${BOOST_LIBRARY_NAME}")
 endforeach ()
 
 configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/pkgconfig.in libosrm.pc @ONLY)