diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ff340123..09728a60d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ foreach(lib IN LISTS BROTLI_SHARED_LIBS BROTLI_STATIC_LIBS)
   if(NOT BROTLI_EMSCRIPTEN)
     set_target_properties(${lib} PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE TRUE)
   endif()
-  set_property(TARGET ${lib} APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+  set_property(TARGET ${lib} APPEND PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIRS}>")
 endforeach()
 
 if(NOT BROTLI_EMSCRIPTEN)