diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a0861d6bf..46b0b43705 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2434,7 +2434,7 @@ elseif(APPLE)
   if(SDL_FRAMEWORK_GAMECONTROLLER)
     find_library(GAMECONTROLLER GameController)
     if(GAMECONTROLLER)
-      sdl_link_dependency(game_controller LIBS "$<LINK_LIBRARY:WEAK_FRAMEWORK,GameController>" PKG_CONFIG_LINK_OPTIONS "-Wl,-framework,GameController")
+      sdl_link_dependency(game_controller LIBS "$<LINK_LIBRARY:FRAMEWORK,GameController>" PKG_CONFIG_LINK_OPTIONS "-Wl,-framework,GameController")
     endif()
   endif()
   if(SDL_FRAMEWORK_METAL)