diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/CMakeLists.txt
index 5667dd93..9092e4f8 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -187,8 +187,13 @@ target_link_libraries(plClient pnTimer)
 target_link_libraries(plClient pnUtils)
 target_link_libraries(plClient pnUtilsExe)
 
-target_link_libraries(plClient debug ${PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY})
-target_link_libraries(plClient optimized ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+if(PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY)
+  target_link_libraries(plClient debug ${PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY})
+  target_link_libraries(plClient optimized ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(plClient ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(plClient ${OPENAL_LIBRARY})
 target_link_libraries(plClient ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
 target_link_libraries(plClient ${EXPAT_LIBRARY})
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/CMakeLists.txt b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/CMakeLists.txt
index 1af4b4f8..5f3996db 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plPythonPack/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,8 +14,13 @@ set(plPythonPack_HEADERS
 
 add_executable(plPythonPack ${plPythonPack_SOURCES} ${plPythonPack_HEADERS})
 target_link_libraries(plPythonPack CoreLib CoreLibExe plFile)
-target_link_libraries(plPythonPack debug ${PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY})
-target_link_libraries(plPythonPack optimized ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+
+if(PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY)
+  target_link_libraries(plPythonPack debug ${PYTHON_DEBUG_LIBRARY})
+  target_link_libraries(plPythonPack optimized ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(plPythonPack ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+endif()
 
 source_group("Source Files" FILES ${plPythonPack_SOURCES})
 source_group("Header Files" FILES ${plPythonPack_HEADERS})