diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ad1ccab42e114445f194b919513cbae5c79eda2..b09ed1ac18f88feaa170975b4ee02fdb96081210 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@ foreach(_program ${programs})
   add_executable(${_program} ${_program}.cc)
   target_link_dune_default_libraries(${_program})
   add_dune_pythonlibs_flags(${_program})
-  target_link_libraries(${_program} tinyxml2)
+  target_link_libraries(${_program} PUBLIC tinyxml2)
 #  target_compile_options(${_program} PRIVATE "-fpermissive")
 endforeach()