diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b1f2b72..9946651d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 include_directories(lib/cmake)
 
-
 # gui libraries ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 set(IMGUI_PATH  "lib/imgui")
 file(GLOB IMGUI_SOURCES ${IMGUI_PATH}/*.cpp)
@@ -67,16 +66,8 @@ target_include_directories(
   ${GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
-if (WIN32)
-target_link_libraries(
-  yaze
-  SDL2::SDL2main
-)
-add_definitions(-DSDL_MAIN_HANDLED)
-endif()
-
-target_link_libraries(
-  yaze
+set(
+  ABSL_TARGETS   
   absl::strings
   absl::flags
   absl::status
@@ -89,7 +80,19 @@ target_link_libraries(
   absl::raw_logging_internal
   absl::failure_signal_handler
   absl::flat_hash_map
-  SDL2::SDL2
+)
+
+set(SDL_TARGETS SDL2::SDL2)
+
+if(WIN32 OR MINGW)
+    list(PREPEND SDL_TARGETS SDL2::SDL2main)
+    add_definitions(-DSDL_MAIN_HANDLED)
+endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(
+  yaze
+  ${ABSL_TARGETS}
+  ${SDL_TARGETS}
   ${PNG_LIBRARIES}
   ${GLEW_LIBRARIES}
   ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES} 
diff --git a/src/yaze.h b/src/yaze.h
index cb0c5166..2969582e 100644
--- a/src/yaze.h
+++ b/src/yaze.h
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #ifndef YAZE_H
 #define YAZE_H
 
+#if defined(_WIN32)
+#define main SDL_main
+#endif
+
 #include "absl/debugging/failure_signal_handler.h"
 #include "absl/debugging/symbolize.h"
 #include "app/core/controller.h"