diff --git a/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake b/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake
index dc1e3d8ce5..047fb4c0be 100644
--- a/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ConkyPlatformChecks.cmake
@@ -514,6 +514,12 @@ if(BUILD_LUA_CAIRO)
     set(luacairo_includes ${CAIROXLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${luacairo_includes})
   endif(BUILD_LUA_CAIRO_XLIB)
 
+  list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES luacairo_libs)
+  if("-lX11" IN_LIST luacairo_libs)
+    list(REMOVE_ITEM luacairo_libs "-lX11" "-lXext")
+    set(luacairo_libs ${X11_LIBRARIES} ${luacairo_libs})
+  endif("-lX11" IN_LIST luacairo_libs)
+
   find_program(APP_PATCH patch)
 
   if(NOT APP_PATCH)