diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d18601..7aded33 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -225,11 +225,11 @@ if (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     message(STATUS "Compile sqlite3 from source in subdirectory")
     # build the SQLite3 C library (for ease of use/compatibility) versus Linux sqlite3-dev package
     add_subdirectory(sqlite3)
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE SQLite::SQLite3)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
 else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED)
     message(STATUS "Link to sqlite3 system library")
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE SQLite::SQLite3)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
     if(SQLite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
         set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
     endif()
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ option(SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS "Build and run tests." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
     # add the unit test executable
     add_executable(SQLiteCpp_tests ${SQLITECPP_TESTS})
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests SQLiteCpp SQLite::SQLite3)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests SQLiteCpp)
 
     find_package(GTest)
     if (GTEST_FOUND)