diff --git a/src/v8/v8.pri b/src/v8/v8.pri
index da2b1055b3..868bbad207 100644
--- a/src/v8/v8.pri
+++ b/src/v8/v8.pri
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ win32 {
 SOURCES += \
     $$V8SRC/platform-win32.cc \
     $$V8SRC/win32-math.cc
-LIBS += Ws2_32.lib Winmm.lib
+LIBS += -lWs2_32 -lWinmm
 win32-msvc*: QMAKE_CXXFLAGS += -wd4100 -wd 4291 -wd4351 -wd4355 -wd4800
 win32-msvc*:arch_i386: DEFINES += _USE_32BIT_TIME_T
 }