diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 083f2c5e41..40c0f77651 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -393,8 +393,7 @@ if(APPLE)
 endif()
 if(WIN32)
   cmake_dependent_option(CURL_USE_SCHANNEL "Enable Windows native SSL/TLS" OFF CURL_ENABLE_SSL OFF)
-  cmake_dependent_option(CURL_WINDOWS_SSPI "Use windows libraries to allow NTLM authentication without OpenSSL" ON
-    CURL_USE_SCHANNEL OFF)
+  option(CURL_WINDOWS_SSPI "Enable SSPI on Windows" ${CURL_USE_SCHANNEL})
 endif()
 cmake_dependent_option(CURL_USE_MBEDTLS "Enable mbedTLS for SSL/TLS" OFF CURL_ENABLE_SSL OFF)
 cmake_dependent_option(CURL_USE_BEARSSL "Enable BearSSL for SSL/TLS" OFF CURL_ENABLE_SSL OFF)