diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 246cfd8..66151b1 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@
   if(COMMAND llvm_setup_rpath)
     llvm_setup_rpath(cxxabi_shared)
   endif()
-  target_link_libraries(cxxabi_shared ${LIBCXXABI_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCXXABI_SHARED_LIBRARIES})
+  target_link_libraries(cxxabi_shared PRIVATE ${LIBCXXABI_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCXXABI_SHARED_LIBRARIES})
   set_target_properties(cxxabi_shared
                         PROPERTIES
                           CXX_EXTENSIONS
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@
     endif()
   endif()
   add_library(cxxabi_static STATIC ${cxxabi_static_sources})
-  target_link_libraries(cxxabi_static ${LIBCXXABI_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCXXABI_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
+  target_link_libraries(cxxabi_static PRIVATE ${LIBCXXABI_LIBRARIES} ${LIBCXXABI_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
   set_target_properties(cxxabi_static
                         PROPERTIES
                           CXX_EXTENSIONS