diff --git a/Modules/FindSDL.cmake b/Modules/FindSDL.cmake
index c0cdd98518..4e4411ffb0 100644
--- a/Modules/FindSDL.cmake
+++ b/Modules/FindSDL.cmake
@@ -122,11 +122,10 @@ if(NOT APPLE)
   find_package(Threads)
 endif()
 
-# MinGW needs an additional library, mwindows
-# It's total link flags should look like -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -lmwindows
-# (Actually on second look, I think it only needs one of the m* libraries.)
+# MinGW needs an additional link flag, -mwindows
+# It's total link flags should look like -lmingw32 -lSDLmain -lSDL -mwindows
 if(MINGW)
-  set(MINGW32_LIBRARY mingw32 CACHE STRING "mwindows for MinGW")
+  set(MINGW32_LIBRARY mingw32 "-mwindows" CACHE STRING "link flags for MinGW")
 endif()
 
 if(SDL_LIBRARY_TEMP)