diff --git a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake
index c5a7fc5b4ec..18d7f418ce7 100644
--- a/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake
+++ b/Installation/cmake/modules/CGAL_CreateSingleSourceCGALProgram.cmake
@@ -70,7 +70,9 @@ function(create_single_source_cgal_program firstfile )
 
     target_link_libraries(${exe_name} PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL)
     foreach(comp ${CGAL_REQUESTED_COMPONENTS})
-      target_link_libraries(${exe_name} PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_${comp})
+      if(TARGET CGAL::CGAL_${comp})
+        target_link_libraries(${exe_name} PRIVATE CGAL::CGAL_${comp})
+      endif()
     endforeach()
     if(CGAL_3RD_PARTY_LIBRARIES)
       target_link_libraries(${exe_name} PRIVATE ${CGAL_3RD_PARTY_LIBRARIES})