diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df5693d..e5723d0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -295,9 +295,9 @@ else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
             target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE ${sqlcipher_LIBRARY})
         endif()
     else()
-        find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+        find_package (unofficial-sqlite3 CONFIG)
         message(STATUS "Link to sqlite3 system library")
-        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
+        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE unofficial::sqlite3::sqlite3)
         if(SQLite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
             set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
         endif()
diff --git a/cmake/SQLiteCppConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/SQLiteCppConfig.cmake.in
index 2b48df4..d0feda9 100644
--- a/cmake/SQLiteCppConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/SQLiteCppConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 if(NOT @SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE@)
-    find_dependency(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+    find_dependency(unofficial-sqlite3 REQUIRED)
 endif()
 if(@UNIX@)
     set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG @THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG@)