diff --git a/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake b/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake
index 34b33d3..19e67e9 100644
--- a/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake
+++ b/cmake/opentelemetry-proto.cmake
@@ -311,6 +311,10 @@ if(WITH_OTLP_GRPC)
   endif()
 endif()

+if(TARGET gRPC::grpc++)
+  target_link_libraries(opentelemetry_proto PUBLIC gRPC::grpc++)
+endif()
+
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   foreach(proto_target ${OPENTELEMETRY_PROTO_TARGETS})
     set_property(TARGET ${proto_target} PROPERTY POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)