diff --git a/external/wayland_client/CMakeLists.txt b/external/wayland_client/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dfb8fa..cda9899 100644
--- a/external/wayland_client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/wayland_client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ add_library(desktop-app::external_wayland_client ALIAS external_wayland_client)
 if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     pkg_check_modules(WAYLAND_CLIENT REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET wayland-client)
-    target_link_libraries(external_wayland_client PRIVATE PkgConfig::WAYLAND_CLIENT)
+    target_link_libraries(external_wayland_client INTERFACE PkgConfig::WAYLAND_CLIENT)
 else()
     target_link_libraries(external_wayland_client INTERFACE desktop-app::linux_wayland_helper)
 endif()