diff --git a/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt b/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt
index cd46b2a100e..88f738de714 100644
--- a/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Mesh_3/examples/Mesh_3/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ target_link_libraries(mesh_polyhedral_complex_sm PUBLIC CGAL::Eigen_support)
 if( TARGET CGAL::CGAL_ImageIO)
   if( VTK_FOUND AND ("${VTK_VERSION_MAJOR}" GREATER "5" OR VTK_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 5) )
     add_executable ( mesh_3D_gray_vtk_image mesh_3D_gray_vtk_image.cpp )
-    target_link_libraries(  mesh_3D_gray_vtk_image PUBLIC CGAL::Eigen_support ${CGAL_LIBRARIES} ${CGAL_3RD_PARTY_LIBRARIES} ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(  mesh_3D_gray_vtk_image PUBLIC CGAL::Eigen_support CGAL::CGAL ${CGAL_LIBRARIES} ${CGAL_3RD_PARTY_LIBRARIES} ${VTK_LIBRARIES})
     cgal_add_test( mesh_3D_gray_vtk_image )
     add_to_cached_list( CGAL_EXECUTABLE_TARGETS mesh_3D_gray_vtk_image )
   endif()