diff --git a/Config.cmake/mergestaticlibs.cmake b/Config.cmake/mergestaticlibs.cmake
index db19eec0..e4b99b56 100644
--- a/Config.cmake/mergestaticlibs.cmake
+++ b/Config.cmake/mergestaticlibs.cmake
@@ -38,10 +38,7 @@ function(merge_static_libs outlib)
         endif()
         if(multiconfig)
             foreach(CONFIG_TYPE ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
-                set (libfile ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/${CONFIG_TYPE}/${lib}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
-                if (EXISTS ${libfile})
-                    list(APPEND libfiles ${libfile})
-                endif ()
+                list(APPEND libfiles $<TARGET_FILE:${lib}>)
             endforeach()
         else()
             list(APPEND libfiles "$<TARGET_FILE:${lib}>")