diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index 9da2c91d1d..c2fa5b529e 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,11 +84,11 @@ if (BUILD_STATIC)
 endif()
 
 pkg_check_modules(SDL2 REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET sdl2)
-pkg_check_modules(Slirp REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET slirp)
+pkg_check_modules(Slirp REQUIRED slirp)
 pkg_check_modules(LibArchive REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libarchive)
 pkg_check_modules(Zstd REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libzstd)
 
-fix_interface_includes(PkgConfig::SDL2 PkgConfig::Slirp PkgConfig::LibArchive)
+fix_interface_includes(PkgConfig::SDL2 PkgConfig::LibArchive)
 
 add_compile_definitions(ARCHIVE_SUPPORT_ENABLED)
 
@@ -160,9 +160,12 @@ else()
     target_include_directories(melonDS PUBLIC ${Qt5Gui_PRIVATE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 endif()
 target_link_libraries(melonDS PRIVATE core)
-target_link_libraries(melonDS PRIVATE PkgConfig::SDL2 PkgConfig::Slirp PkgConfig::LibArchive PkgConfig::Zstd)
+target_link_libraries(melonDS PRIVATE PkgConfig::SDL2 PkgConfig::LibArchive PkgConfig::Zstd)
 target_link_libraries(melonDS PRIVATE ${QT_LINK_LIBS} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
+target_include_directories(melonDS PRIVATE "${Slirp_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+target_link_libraries(melonDS PRIVATE "${Slirp_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+
 if (UNIX)
     option(PORTABLE "Make a portable build that looks for its configuration in the current directory" OFF)
 elseif (WIN32)