diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 68a6a78c7ba65097c51c0206491be5baf06189f6..4c5664b679647b3658fc33569b6852e9741f6819 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ message("---------------------------------------------------------------------")
 # These will be available to parent projects including libwebsockets using add_subdirectory()
 set(LIBWEBSOCKETS_LIBRARIES ${LWS_LIBRARIES} CACHE STRING "Libwebsocket libraries")
 if (LWS_WITH_STATIC)
-	set(LIBWEBSOCKETS_LIBRARIES_STATIC websocket CACHE STRING "Libwebsocket static library")
+	set(LIBWEBSOCKETS_LIBRARIES_STATIC websockets CACHE STRING "Libwebsocket static library")
 endif()
 if (LWS_WITH_SHARED)
 	set(LIBWEBSOCKETS_LIBRARIES_SHARED websockets_shared CACHE STRING "Libwebsocket shared library")