diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2feb61e8..7b2cdb5a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -543,10 +543,10 @@ if (ENABLE_STATIC)
     ${getdns_system_libs}
     )
   if (Libidn_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(getdns INTERFACE Libidn::Libidn)
+    target_link_libraries(getdns PUBLIC Libidn::Libidn)
   endif ()
   if (Libidn2_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(getdns INTERFACE Libidn2::Libidn2)
+    target_link_libraries(getdns PUBLIC Libidn2::Libidn2)
   endif ()
   set_target_properties(getdns PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME getdns${static_lib_suffix})
 endif ()
@@ -565,10 +565,10 @@ if (ENABLE_SHARED)
     ${getdns_system_libs}
     )
   if (Libidn_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(getdns INTERFACE Libidn::Libidn)
+    target_link_libraries(getdns_shared PUBLIC Libidn::Libidn)
   endif ()
   if (Libidn2_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries(getdns INTERFACE Libidn2::Libidn2)
+    target_link_libraries(getdns_shared PUBLIC Libidn2::Libidn2)
   endif ()
   set_target_properties(getdns_shared PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME getdns)