diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fe2291f8..3be1004a7 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1380,7 +1380,12 @@ ENDIF()
 IF(NOT ASSIMP_HUNTER_ENABLED)
   if (UNZIP_FOUND)
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${UNZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(assimp ${UNZIP_LIBRARIES})
+    # TODO if cmake required version has been updated to >3.12.0, collapse this to the second case only
+    if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.12.0")
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(assimp ${UNZIP_LIBRARIES})
+    else()
+      TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(assimp ${UNZIP_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+    endif()
   else ()
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("../")
   endif ()