diff --git a/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibrariesCommon.cmake b/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibrariesCommon.cmake
index ebb3538..a4a6d69 100644
--- a/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibrariesCommon.cmake
+++ b/cmake/helpers/CheckDependentLibrariesCommon.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ endif()
 # https://github.com/OSGeo/gdal/issues/5324
 function (gdal_check_target_is_valid target res_var)
   get_target_property(_interface_include_directories ${target} "INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES")
+  get_target_property(_type ${target} "TYPE")
   if(_interface_include_directories)
     foreach(_dir IN LISTS _interface_include_directories)
       if(NOT EXISTS "${_dir}")
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ function (gdal_check_target_is_valid target res_var)
     # property, but a GeoTIFF_INCLUDE_DIRS variable.
     set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES
                           INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${GeoTIFF_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-  else()
+  elseif(NOT _type STREQUAL "INTERFACE" AND _type STREQUAL "ALIAS")
      message(WARNING "Target ${target} has no INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES property. Ignoring that target.")
      set(${res_var} FALSE PARENT_SCOPE)
      return()