diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1801c938d..7d950a05f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -608,6 +608,8 @@ IF (SONAME)
 	IF (LIBGIT2_FILENAME)
 		ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DLIBGIT2_FILENAME=\"${LIBGIT2_FILENAME}\")
 		SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME ${LIBGIT2_FILENAME})
+	ELSEIF (DEFINED LIBGIT2_PREFIX)
+		SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(git2 PROPERTIES PREFIX "${LIBGIT2_PREFIX}")
 	ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 STRING(REPLACE ";" " " LIBGIT2_PC_LIBS "${LIBGIT2_PC_LIBS}")