diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 639899b..22c1428 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,10 @@ set(Graylog_INC
 set(common_libs
         PUBLIC
       Threads::Threads
-    PRIVATE
-    nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
   )
 
+get_target_property(JSON_INCLUDE_DIR nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+
 add_library(graylog_logger SHARED ${Graylog_SRC} ${Graylog_INC})
 add_library(GraylogLogger::graylog_logger ALIAS graylog_logger)
 target_link_libraries(graylog_logger ${common_libs})
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ target_include_directories(graylog_logger
   PRIVATE
     "."
     ${ASIO_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${JSON_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
 add_library(graylog_logger_static STATIC ${Graylog_SRC} ${Graylog_INC} ${Graylog_private_INC})
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ target_include_directories(graylog_logger_static
   PRIVATE
     "."
     ${ASIO_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${JSON_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
 set_target_properties(graylog_logger PROPERTIES VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION})