diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
index b56a7c3cc..48f0d6655 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@ foreach(COMPONENT ${OpenVDB_FIND_COMPONENTS})
   if(NOT TARGET OpenVDB::${COMPONENT})
     if (${COMPONENT} STREQUAL openvdb)
       include (${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/CheckAtomic.cmake)
-      set(_LINK_LIBS _OPENVDB_VISIBLE_DEPENDENCIES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES})
+      set(_LINK_LIBS ${_OPENVDB_VISIBLE_DEPENDENCIES} ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES})
     else ()
       set(_LINK_LIBS _OPENVDB_VISIBLE_DEPENDENCIES)
     endif ()