diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b00f31d23..73d5b52a9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1065,28 +1065,34 @@ set(ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_BUILTINS "")
 message(STATUS "ROCKSDB PLUGINS TO BUILD ${ROCKSDB_PLUGINS}")
 foreach(PLUGIN IN LISTS PLUGINS)
   set(PLUGIN_ROOT "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/plugin/${PLUGIN}/")
-  message("including rocksb plugin ${PLUGIN_ROOT}")
+  message(STATUS "PLUGIN ${PLUGIN} including rocksb plugin ${PLUGIN_ROOT}")
   set(PLUGINMKFILE "${PLUGIN_ROOT}${PLUGIN}.mk")
   if (NOT EXISTS ${PLUGINMKFILE})
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Missing plugin makefile: ${PLUGINMKFILE}")
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "PLUGIN ${PLUGIN} Missing plugin makefile: ${PLUGINMKFILE}")
   endif()
   file(READ ${PLUGINMKFILE} PLUGINMK)
+
   string(REGEX MATCH "SOURCES = ([^\n]*)" FOO ${PLUGINMK})
   set(MK_SOURCES ${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
   separate_arguments(MK_SOURCES)
   foreach(MK_FILE IN LISTS MK_SOURCES)
     list(APPEND SOURCES "${PLUGIN_ROOT}${MK_FILE}")
+    message(STATUS "PLUGIN ${PLUGIN} Appending ${PLUGIN_ROOT}${MK_FILE} to SOURCES")
   endforeach()
+
   string(REGEX MATCH "_FUNC = ([^\n]*)" FOO ${PLUGINMK})
   if (NOT ${CMAKE_MATCH_1} STREQUAL "")
     string(APPEND ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_BUILTINS "{\"${PLUGIN}\", " ${CMAKE_MATCH_1} "},")
     string(APPEND ROCKSDB_PLUGIN_EXTERNS "int " ${CMAKE_MATCH_1} "(ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::ObjectLibrary&, const std::string&); ")
   endif()
+
   string(REGEX MATCH "_LIBS = ([^\n]*)" FOO ${PLUGINMK})
-  if (NOT ${CMAKE_MATCH_1} STREQUAL "")
-    list(APPEND THIRDPARTY_LIBS "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}")
-  endif()
-  message("THIRDPARTY_LIBS=${THIRDPARTY_LIBS}")
+  separate_arguments(CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+  foreach(MK_LIB IN LISTS CMAKE_MATCH_1)
+    list(APPEND THIRDPARTY_LIBS "${MK_LIB}")
+  endforeach()
+  message(STATUS "PLUGIN ${PLUGIN} THIRDPARTY_LIBS=${THIRDPARTY_LIBS}")
+
   #TODO: We need to set any compile/link-time flags and add any link libraries
 endforeach()