diff --git a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
index 1dee2a2b3c..c47f931029 100644
--- a/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmComputeLinkInformation.cxx
@@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ void cmComputeLinkInformation::ComputeItemParserInfo()
     reg += "|";
     }
   reg += ")";
-  reg += "([^/]*)";
+  reg += "([^/:]*)";
 
   // Create a regex to match any library name.
   std::string reg_any = reg;