diff --git a/HySoP/src/CMakeLists.txt b/HySoP/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 869da155bc402155157d2bcc88e7834673e2c9eb..5905834e066c65218b77da5419e6e0caec79cf30 100644
--- a/HySoP/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/HySoP/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ if(WITH_FFTW)
   set(dirlist)
   foreach(_file ${FFTW_LIBRARIES})
     if(CMAKE_PATCH_VERSION LESS 12)
-      get_filename_component(_name ${_file} REALPATH)
+      get_filename_component(_name ${_file} PATH)
     else()
       get_filename_component(_name ${_file} DIRECTORY)
     endif()