diff --git a/cmake/FindZeroMQ.cmake b/cmake/FindZeroMQ.cmake
index c0bc33bf..54616d9b 100644
--- a/cmake/FindZeroMQ.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindZeroMQ.cmake
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ if(ZeroMQ_LIBRARY)
           IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS RELEASE)
         set_target_properties(libzmq PROPERTIES
           IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE "${ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_RELEASE}")
-  cmake_path(GET ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_RELEASE PARENT_PATH ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY)
+  get_filename_component(ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_RELEASE} DIRECTORY)
   set(ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY "${ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_DIRECTORY}" CACHE ON FILEPATH)
       endif()
       if(EXISTS "${ZeroMQ_LIBRARY_DEBUG}")