diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 41a77f0467..e5d809fefc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1526,6 +1526,7 @@ if(WITH_INF_ENGINE OR INF_ENGINE_TARGET)
   if(INF_ENGINE_TARGET)
     list(GET INF_ENGINE_TARGET 0 ie_target)
     set(__msg "YES (${INF_ENGINE_RELEASE} / ${INF_ENGINE_VERSION})")
+    ocv_get_imported_target(ie_target "${ie_target}")
     get_target_property(_lib ${ie_target} IMPORTED_LOCATION)
     get_target_property(_lib_imp_rel ${ie_target} IMPORTED_IMPLIB_RELEASE)
     get_target_property(_lib_imp_dbg ${ie_target} IMPORTED_IMPLIB_DEBUG)
@@ -1549,7 +1550,7 @@ if(WITH_INF_ENGINE OR INF_ENGINE_TARGET)
 endif()
 if(WITH_NGRAPH OR HAVE_NGRAPH)
   if(HAVE_NGRAPH)
-    set(__target ngraph::ngraph)
+    ocv_get_imported_target(__target ngraph::ngraph)
     set(__msg "YES (${ngraph_VERSION})")
     get_target_property(_lib ${__target} IMPORTED_LOCATION)
     get_target_property(_lib_imp_rel ${__target} IMPORTED_IMPLIB_RELEASE)
diff --git a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
index 932eb039b1..d7097fdc30 100644
--- a/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/OpenCVUtils.cmake
@@ -1619,6 +1619,18 @@ function(ocv_add_external_target name inc link def)
   endif()
 endfunction()
 
+# Returns the first non-interface target
+function(ocv_get_imported_target imported interface)
+  set(__result "${interface}")
+  get_target_property(__type "${__result}" TYPE)
+  if(__type STREQUAL "INTERFACE_LIBRARY")
+    get_target_property(__libs "${__result}" INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
+    list(GET __libs 0 __interface)
+    ocv_get_imported_target(__result "${__interface}")
+  endif()
+  set(${imported} "${__result}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
 
 macro(ocv_get_libname var_name)
   get_filename_component(__libname "${ARGN}" NAME)