diff --git a/depends/CMakeLists.txt b/depends/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e0a4027b..21b244272 100644
--- a/depends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/depends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 set(LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libexpat)
+set(LIBEXPAT_OUTPUT_LIB ${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libexpat${LIB_SUFFIX})
 ExternalProject_Add(libexpat_project
     PREFIX      libexpat
     SOURCE_DIR  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libexpat/expat
     INSTALL_DIR ${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR}
-    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libexpat${LIB_SUFFIX}
+    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${LIBEXPAT_OUTPUT_LIB}
     CMAKE_ARGS  ${CL_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DEXPAT_BUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_TESTS=OFF -DEXPAT_BUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DEXPAT_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON
 )
 
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ ExternalProject_Add(xlsxio_project
     SOURCE_DIR  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/xlsxio
     INSTALL_DIR ${XLSXIO_INSTALL_DIR}
     BUILD_BYPRODUCTS ${XLSXIO_INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libxlsxio_read${LIB_SUFFIX}
-    CMAKE_ARGS  ${CL_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${XLSXIO_INSTALL_DIR} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_STATIC=ON -DBUILD_SHARED=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_DOCUMENTATION=OFF -DWITH_LIBZIP=ON -DZLIB_DIR=${ZLIB_DIR} -DLIBZIP_DIR=${LIBZIP_INSTALL_DIR} -DEXPAT_DIR=${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR} -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON
+    CMAKE_ARGS  ${CL_ARGS} -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${XLSXIO_INSTALL_DIR} -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_STATIC=ON -DBUILD_SHARED=OFF -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DBUILD_TOOLS=OFF -DBUILD_EXAMPLES=OFF -DBUILD_DOCUMENTATION=OFF -DWITH_LIBZIP=ON -DZLIB_DIR=${ZLIB_DIR} -DLIBZIP_DIR=${LIBZIP_INSTALL_DIR} -DEXPAT_DIR=${LIBEXPAT_INSTALL_DIR} -DEXPAT_LIBRARIES=${LIBEXPAT_OUTPUT_LIB} -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=ON
 )
 add_dependencies(xlsxio_project libexpat_project)
 add_dependencies(xlsxio_project libzip_project)