diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a8b8c653..c7f284e2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ if (OPENMP_BUILD)
     if (OpenMP_FOUND)
         message(">> ${OpenMP_FOUND} ${OpenMP_VERSION}")
         set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${OpenMP_CXX_FLAGS}")
-        add_library(OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX IMPORTED INTERFACE)
+        if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.9.0")
+            add_library(OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX IMPORTED INTERFACE)
+        endif()
     endif()
     # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12399422/how-to-set-linker-flags-for-openmp-in-cmakes-try-compile-function
     if (NOT OpenMP_FOUND AND CLANG AND WIN32)
@@ -448,6 +450,9 @@ target_compile_definitions      (libtesseract
 set_target_properties           (libtesseract PROPERTIES WINDOWS_EXPORT_ALL_SYMBOLS True)
 endif()
 target_link_libraries           (libtesseract PRIVATE ${LIB_Ws2_32} ${LIB_pthread})
+if(OpenMP_CXX_FOUND)
+    target_link_libraries(libtesseract PUBLIC OpenMP::OpenMP_CXX)
+endif()
 set_target_properties           (libtesseract PROPERTIES VERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
 set_target_properties           (libtesseract PROPERTIES SOVERSION ${VERSION_MAJOR}.${VERSION_MINOR}.${VERSION_PATCH})
 if (WIN32)