diff --git a/cmake/FindPahoMqttC.cmake b/cmake/FindPahoMqttC.cmake
index 11e5585..b3e7ec3 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPahoMqttC.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPahoMqttC.cmake
@@ -5,10 +5,13 @@ if(PAHO_WITH_SSL)
 else()
     set(_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME paho-mqtt3a)
 endif()
-# add suffix when using static Paho MQTT C library variant
-#if(PAHO_BUILD_STATIC)
-#    set(_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME ${_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME}-static)
-#endif()
+
+# add suffix when using static Paho MQTT C library variant on Windows
+if(WIN32)
+    if(PAHO_BUILD_STATIC)
+        set(_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME ${_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME}-static)
+    endif()
+endif()
 
 find_library(PAHO_MQTT_C_LIBRARIES NAMES ${_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME})
 unset(_PAHO_MQTT_C_LIB_NAME)