diff --git a/lib/nodes/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/nodes/CMakeLists.txt
index a0b38ecba..064bb6ded 100644
--- a/lib/nodes/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/nodes/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ endif()
 # Enable Kafka support
 if(WITH_NODE_KAFKA)
     list(APPEND NODE_SRC kafka.cpp)
-    list(APPEND LIBRARIES ${RDKAFKA_LIBRARIES})
+    list(APPEND LIBRARIES  PkgConfig::RDKAFKA)
 endif()
 
 # Enable Comedi support