diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 70e1043f..d8cb8b10 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@    foreach(EXPORT_SYMBOL ${WAVPACK_EXPORT_SYMBOLS})
         list(APPEND FILE_CONTENTS "_${EXPORT_SYMBOL}\n")
     endforeach()
     file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libwavpack.sym ${FILE_CONTENTS})
-    target_link_libraries(wavpack PRIVATE "-Wl,-exported_symbols_list,'${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libwavpack.sym'")
+    set_target_properties(wavpack PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,-exported_symbols_list,'${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libwavpack.sym'")
 else()
     set(CONFTTEST_CONTENTS "VERS_1 {\n    global: sym\;\n\n};\n\nVERS_2 {\n    global: sym;\n} VERS_1\;")
     file(WRITE ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/conftest.map "${CONFTTEST_CONTENTS}")
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@            list(APPEND FILE_CONTENTS "${EXPORT_SYMBOL}\;\n")
         endforeach()
         list(APPEND FILE_CONTENTS "local: *\; }\;")
         file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libwavpack.map ${FILE_CONTENTS})
-        target_link_libraries(wavpack PRIVATE "-Wl,--version-script='${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libwavpack.map';-Wl,-no-undefined")
+        set_target_properties(wavpack PROPERTIES LINK_FLAGS "-Wl,--version-script='${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libwavpack.map';-Wl,-no-undefined")
     endif()
 endif()