diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
index 84b5f4116..7bc44bebb 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindOpenVDB.cmake
@@ -247,6 +247,10 @@ foreach(COMPONENT ${OpenVDB_FIND_COMPONENTS})
 
     set(OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY ${OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY_${_BUILD_TYPE}})
 
+    if (NOT MSVC AND NOT OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY)
+      set(OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY ${OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY_RELEASE})
+    endif ()
+
     list(APPEND OpenVDB_LIB_COMPONENTS ${OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY})
 
     if(OpenVDB_${COMPONENT}_LIBRARY)