diff --git a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake
index c2b0aed549d..08d757aad7f 100644
--- a/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake
+++ b/Installation/lib/cmake/CGAL/CGALConfig.cmake
@@ -116,7 +116,11 @@ include(CGAL_setup_target_dependencies)
 foreach(cgal_lib ${CGAL_LIBRARIES})
   set(WITH_${cgal_lib} TRUE)
   if(${cgal_lib}_FOUND AND NOT TARGET ${cgal_lib})
-    add_library(${cgal_lib} INTERFACE)
+    if(CGAL_BUILDING_LIBS)
+      add_library(${cgal_lib} INTERFACE)
+    else()
+      add_library(${cgal_lib} INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+    endif()
     if(NOT TARGET CGAL::${cgal_lib})
       add_library(CGAL::${cgal_lib} ALIAS ${cgal_lib})
     endif()