diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5524e3a1e1..61efb2233c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -686,11 +686,9 @@ endif ()
 
 find_path(SPNAV_INCLUDE_DIR spnav.h)
 if (SPNAV_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    find_library(HAVE_SPNAV spnav)
-    if (HAVE_SPNAV)
+    find_library(SPNAV_LIB NAMES libspnav.a) # Force linking libspnav statically
+    if (SPNAV_LIB)
         add_definitions(-DHAVE_SPNAV)
-        add_library(libspnav SHARED IMPORTED)
-        target_link_libraries(libspnav INTERFACE spnav)
         message(STATUS "SPNAV library found")
     else()
         message(STATUS "SPNAV library NOT found, Spacenavd not supported")
diff --git a/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt b/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt
index 903b66368b..348557e679 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/slic3r/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -658,8 +658,8 @@ if (SLIC3R_STATIC)
     target_compile_definitions(libslic3r_gui PUBLIC -DwxDEBUG_LEVEL=0)
 endif()
 
-if (HAVE_SPNAV)
-    target_link_libraries(libslic3r_gui spnav)
+if (SPNAV_LIB)
+    target_link_libraries(libslic3r_gui ${SPNAV_LIB})
 endif()
 
 if (SLIC3R_STATIC AND NOT SLIC3R_STATIC_EXCLUDE_CURL AND UNIX AND NOT APPLE)