diff --git a/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake b/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake
index 72a4921f441bb..bdb1a668cd75d 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/RootNewMacros.cmake
@@ -290,9 +290,15 @@ function(ROOT_GENERATE_DICTIONARY dictionary)
 
   foreach(dep ${ARG_DEPENDENCIES})
     if(TARGET ${dep})
-      get_property(dep_include_dirs TARGET ${dep} PROPERTY INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+      get_property(dep_include_dirs TARGET ${dep} PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
       foreach(d ${dep_include_dirs})
-        set(includedirs ${includedirs} -I${d})
+        string(REGEX MATCHALL "^[$]<.*>$" is_generator_expr ${d})
+        string(REGEX MATCHALL "^[$]<BUILD_INTERFACE:(.*)>$" is_build_interface ${d})
+        if(CMAKE_MATCH_0)
+          set(includedirs ${includedirs} -I${CMAKE_MATCH_0})
+        elseif(NOT is_generator_expr)
+          set(includedirs ${includedirs} -I${d})
+        endif()
       endforeach()
     endif()
   endforeach()