diff --git a/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake b/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
index 3b751326d..07e33dcf0 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/OsgMacroUtils.cmake
@@ -43,7 +43,11 @@ SET(VALID_BUILDER_VERSION OFF)
 MACRO(LINK_WITH_VARIABLES TRGTNAME)
     FOREACH(varname ${ARGN})
         IF(${varname}_DEBUG)
-            TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TRGTNAME} optimized "${${varname}}" debug "${${varname}_DEBUG}")
+            IF(${varname}_RELEASE)
+                TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TRGTNAME} optimized "${${varname}_RELEASE}" debug "${${varname}_DEBUG}")
+            ELSE(${varname}_RELEASE)
+                TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TRGTNAME} optimized "${${varname}}" debug "${${varname}_DEBUG}")
+            ENDIF(${varname}_RELEASE)
         ELSE(${varname}_DEBUG)
             TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${TRGTNAME} "${${varname}}" )
         ENDIF(${varname}_DEBUG)