diff --git a/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c46ba32..26e2b48a 100644
--- a/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ absl_cc_library(
   LINKOPTS
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS}
     $<$<BOOL:${LIBRT}>:-lrt>
-    $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:"advapi32">
+    $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:-ladvapi32>
   DEPS
     absl::atomic_hook
     absl::base_internal
diff --git a/absl/debugging/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/debugging/CMakeLists.txt
index 051e7017..e823f15b 100644
--- a/absl/debugging/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/debugging/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ absl_cc_library(
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_COPTS}
   LINKOPTS
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS}
-    $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:"dbghelp">
+    $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:-ldbghelp>
   DEPS
     absl::debugging_internal
     absl::demangle_internal
diff --git a/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt b/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt
index d04c7081..c74fd300 100644
--- a/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/absl/random/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ absl_cc_library(
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_COPTS}
   LINKOPTS
     ${ABSL_DEFAULT_LINKOPTS}
-    $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:"bcrypt">
+    $<$<BOOL:${MINGW}>:-lbcrypt>
   DEPS
     absl::core_headers
     absl::optional