diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 866693eb..6bac3b94 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -343,7 +343,7 @@ endif()
 
 # we prefer -l<lib> test over `find_library` as sometimes core libraries 
 # like `libatomic` are not on the system path (see issue #898)
-function(add_link_library libname outlibname)  
+function(find_link_library libname outlibname)  
   check_linker_flag(C "-l${libname}" mi_has_lib${libname})  
   if (mi_has_lib${libname})
     message(VERBOSE "link library: -l${libname}")
@@ -363,15 +363,15 @@ endfunction()
 if(WIN32)
   list(APPEND mi_libraries psapi shell32 user32 advapi32 bcrypt)  
 else()
-  add_link_library("pthread" MI_LIB_PTHREAD)
+  find_link_library("pthread" MI_LIB_PTHREAD)
   if(MI_LIB_PTHREAD) 
     list(APPEND mi_libraries "${MI_LIB_PTHREAD}")
   endif()
-  add_link_library("rt" MI_LIB_RT)
+  find_link_library("rt" MI_LIB_RT)
   if(MI_LIB_RT) 
     list(APPEND mi_libraries "${MI_LIB_RT}")
   endif()
-  add_link_library("atomic" MI_LIB_ATOMIC)
+  find_link_library("atomic" MI_LIB_ATOMIC)
   if(MI_LIB_ATOMIC) 
     list(APPEND mi_libraries "${MI_LIB_ATOMIC}")  
   endif()