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