diff --git a/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx b/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx
index 96ece4646..b0b965b9b 100644
--- a/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmOrderLinkDirectories.cxx
@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ void cmOrderLinkDirectories::SetLinkInformation(cmTarget& target,
       continue;
       }
     if (lib->second == cmTarget::OPTIMIZED && 
-        linktype != cmTarget::OPTIMIZED)
+        (linktype != cmTarget::OPTIMIZED && linktype != cmTarget::GENERAL))
       {
       continue;
       }