diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c87dee5..7c25f4f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -161,6 +161,8 @@ include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 
 # add sources of the wrapper as a "SQLiteCpp" static library
 add_library(SQLiteCpp ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC} ${SQLITECPP_DOC} ${SQLITECPP_SCRIPT})
+# make the sqlite3 library part of the interface of the SQLiteCpp wrapper itself (the client app does not need to link to sqlite3)
+target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC sqlite3)
 
 if (UNIX AND (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX OR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} STREQUAL "Clang"))
     set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-fPIC")