diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ff65050..2cfc6e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ if (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     option(SQLITE_ENABLE_JSON1 "Enable JSON1 extension when building internal sqlite3 library." ON)
     # build the SQLite3 C library (for ease of use/compatibility) versus Linux sqlite3-dev package
     add_subdirectory(sqlite3)
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC sqlite3)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
 else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     # When using the SQLite codec, we need to link against the sqlcipher lib & include <sqlcipher/sqlite3.h>
     # So this gets the lib & header, and links/includes everything
@@ -304,8 +304,6 @@ endif (UNIX)
 # Set includes for target and transitive downstream targets
 
 target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp
-  PRIVATE
-    $<$<BOOL:${SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE}>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3>
   PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/>)
@@ -390,9 +388,6 @@ if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     # add the basic example executable
     add_executable(SQLiteCpp_example1 ${SQLITECPP_EXAMPLES})
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 SQLiteCpp)
-    target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp_example1 PRIVATE
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-        $<$<BOOL:${SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE}>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3>)
     if (MSYS OR MINGW)
         target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 ssp)
     endif ()
@@ -404,9 +399,6 @@ if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
     # add the unit test executable
     add_executable(SQLiteCpp_tests ${SQLITECPP_TESTS})
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests SQLiteCpp)
-    target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp_tests PRIVATE
-        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include
-        $<$<BOOL:${SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE}>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3>)
 
     find_package(GTest)
     if (GTEST_FOUND)
diff --git a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
index 3dd1400..0efc3ee 100644
--- a/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sqlite3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,9 +11,12 @@ add_library(sqlite3
  sqlite3.h
 )
 
+add_library(SQLite::SQLite3 ALIAS sqlite3)
+
 target_include_directories(sqlite3
-  PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
-  PUBLIC $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/>)
+  PUBLIC
+    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
+    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/>)
 
 if (SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA)
     # Enable the use of SQLite column metadata method