diff --git a/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c92e32bd..9b9fa5a47 100644
--- a/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/epee/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 add_library(epee STATIC byte_slice.cpp hex.cpp http_auth.cpp mlog.cpp net_helper.cpp net_utils_base.cpp string_tools.cpp wipeable_string.cpp
     levin_base.cpp memwipe.c connection_basic.cpp network_throttle.cpp network_throttle-detail.cpp mlocker.cpp buffer.cpp net_ssl.cpp)
 
-if (USE_READLINE AND (GNU_READLINE_FOUND OR DEPENDS AND NOT MINGW))
+if (USE_READLINE AND (GNU_READLINE_FOUND OR (DEPENDS AND NOT MINGW)))
   add_library(epee_readline STATIC readline_buffer.cpp)
 endif()
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ target_link_libraries(epee
     ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES}
     ${EXTRA_LIBRARIES})
 
-if (USE_READLINE AND (GNU_READLINE_FOUND OR DEPENDS AND NOT MINGW))
+if (USE_READLINE AND (GNU_READLINE_FOUND OR (DEPENDS AND NOT MINGW)))
   target_link_libraries(epee_readline
     PUBLIC
       easylogging