diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a63cc3a..aea963d 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -900,12 +900,12 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   set (shared_gen_SRCS ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/shared/H5Tinit.c ${HDF5_BINARY_DIR}/shared/H5lib_settings.c)
   add_library (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} SHARED ${common_SRCS} ${shared_gen_SRCS} ${H5_PUBLIC_HEADERS} ${H5_PRIVATE_HEADERS} ${H5_GENERATED_HEADERS})
   TARGET_C_PROPERTIES (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} SHARED " " " ")
-  target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} ${LINK_SHARED_LIBS})
+  target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} PRIVATE ${LINK_SHARED_LIBS})
   if (NOT WIN32)
-    target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} dl)
+    target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} PRIVATE dl)
   endif (NOT WIN32)
   if (H5_HAVE_PARALLEL AND MPI_C_FOUND)
-    target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} PRIVATE ${MPI_C_LIBRARIES})
   endif (H5_HAVE_PARALLEL AND MPI_C_FOUND)
   set_global_variable (HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT "${HDF5_LIBRARIES_TO_EXPORT};${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET}")
   H5_SET_LIB_OPTIONS (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} ${HDF5_LIB_NAME} SHARED ${HDF5_PACKAGE_SOVERSION})
@@ -920,7 +920,7 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS
             "H5_HAVE_THREADSAFE"
     )
-    target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} Threads::Threads)
+    target_link_libraries (${HDF5_LIBSH_TARGET} PRIVATE Threads::Threads)
   endif (HDF5_ENABLE_THREADSAFE)
 
   if (HDF5_ENABLE_DEBUG_APIS)