diff --git a/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake b/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
index f71d59901d..35533f01ef 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/Packages/USER-PLUMED.cmake
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ if(PKG_USER-PLUMED)
       add_definitions(-D__PLUMED_WRAPPER_CXX=1)
       list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumed.a ${GSL_LIBRARIES} ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
     elseif(PLUMED_MODE STREQUAL "SHARED")
-      list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumed.so ${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumedKernel.so ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+      list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumed${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} ${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumedKernel${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX} ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
     elseif(PLUMED_MODE STREQUAL "RUNTIME")
-      add_definitions(-D__PLUMED_HAS_DLOPEN=1 -D__PLUMED_DEFAULT_KERNEL=${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumedKernel.so)
+      add_definitions(-D__PLUMED_HAS_DLOPEN=1 -D__PLUMED_DEFAULT_KERNEL=${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumedKernel${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
       list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libplumedWrapper.a -rdynamic ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
     endif()
     set(PLUMED_INCLUDE_DIRS "${PLUMED_INSTALL_DIR}/include")
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ if(PKG_USER-PLUMED)
     elseif(PLUMED_MODE STREQUAL "SHARED")
       include(${PLUMED_LIBDIR}/plumed/src/lib/Plumed.cmake.shared)
     elseif(PLUMED_MODE STREQUAL "RUNTIME")
-      add_definitions(-D__PLUMED_HAS_DLOPEN=1 -D__PLUMED_DEFAULT_KERNEL=${PLUMED_LIBDIR}/libplumedKernel.so)
+      add_definitions(-D__PLUMED_HAS_DLOPEN=1 -D__PLUMED_DEFAULT_KERNEL=${PLUMED_LIBDIR}/libplumedKernel${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX})
       include(${PLUMED_LIBDIR}/plumed/src/lib/Plumed.cmake.runtime)
     endif()
     list(APPEND LAMMPS_LINK_LIBS ${PLUMED_LOAD})