diff --git a/eeschema/CMakeLists.txt b/eeschema/CMakeLists.txt

index 473fc65b54..36572ab5d4 100644

--- a/eeschema/CMakeLists.txt

+++ b/eeschema/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ if( KICAD_SPICE )

     set( INC_AFTER ${INC_AFTER} ${NGSPICE_INCLUDE_DIR} )

     # Find out the exact libngspice file name

-    get_filename_component( NGSPICE_DLL_ABSPATH "${NGSPICE_DLL}" ABSOLUTE )

-    get_filename_component( NGSPICE_DLL_FILE "${NGSPICE_DLL_ABSPATH}" NAME )

+    set( NGSPICE_DLL_FILE libngspice.so.0 )

     set_property( SOURCE sim/ngspice.cpp

         APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS