diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c63308679d888784d2f0766c2dd2fb439578d22..28f0c60ffe495b0fea8247487176254a11d64047 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ set(MTXCLIENT_LIBS ${MTXCLIENT_LIBS} ${MATRIX_STRUCTS_LIBRARY})
 #
 if(NOT SPDLOG_INCLUDE_DIR)
     include(SpdLog)
-    set(EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DEPS ${EXTERNAL_PROJECT_DEPS} SpdLog)
+    set(MTXCLIENT_DEPS ${MTXCLIENT_DEPS} SpdLog)
 endif()
 include_directories(SYSTEM ${SPDLOG_INCLUDE_DIR})