diff --git a/config/CMakeLists.txt b/config/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a108f2fc..db1ba5d8e 100644
--- a/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 string(TIMESTAMP DATE "%a %d %b %Y %H:%M:%SZ UTC" UTC)
 
 configure_file(config_cmake.h.in config.h)
+
+add_library(config INTERFACE)
+target_include_directories(config INTERFACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
+add_library(FlexibleSUSY::config ALIAS config)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index bcf9babf0..4c86dad1e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ list(APPEND LIBFLEXI_HDR
 add_library(flexisusy ${LIBFLEXI_SRC})
 
 target_link_libraries(flexisusy Eigen3::Eigen)
-target_include_directories(flexisusy PUBLIC
-  "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/config")
+target_link_libraries(flexisusy config)
 
 add_library(FlexibleSUSY::flexisusy ALIAS flexisusy)