diff --git a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
index 4cbd85e7a04..5e1c986be28 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/development/libraries/glew/default.nix
@@ -42,6 +42,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
     set(GLEW_VERSION "$version")
     set(GLEW_LIBRARIES GLEW::glew\''${_glew_target_postfix})
     get_target_property(GLEW_INCLUDE_DIRS GLEW::glew\''${_glew_target_postfix} INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+    set_target_properties(GLEW::GLEW\''${_glew_target_postfix} PROPERTIES
+        IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LIBRARIES_RELEASE ""
+        IMPORTED_IMPLIB_RELEASE "GLEW"
+        IMPORTED_IMPLIB_DEBUG "GLEW"
+    )
     EOF
   '';