diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9363c0d..0f47f0f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,9 +227,9 @@ if (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     add_subdirectory(sqlite3)
     target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC sqlite3)
 else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
-    find_package (SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(sqlite3 CONFIG)
     message(STATUS "Link to sqlite3 system library")
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE sqlite3)
     if(SQLite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
         set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
     endif()