diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 97492a9cffc8ee8af0d817b77b82ef762ec926a9..3985d27f53ae9095beebc43cd69b7e199ab7bc26 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ list(APPEND lava_pack_shaders
 set(lava_pack_shaders "${lava_pack_shaders}" CACHE INTERNAL "lava_pack_shaders")
 
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-target_link_directories(lava-vr PUBLIC ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+link_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(lava-vr PUBLIC ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 
 target_include_directories(lava-vr PUBLIC ./src)