diff --git a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index fcd2a6744904ab1dcbe4b16cd00be06646fa787e..cbcb594321e7aafc1dcb5854842aec19328d9d76 100644
--- a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function(laser_scan_utils_add_gtest target)
   if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_LESS "3.11.0") 
     add_dependencies(${target} libgtest)
     target_link_libraries(${target} libgtest ${PLUGIN_NAME})
-    target_include_directories(${target} ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_include_directories(${target} PUBLIC ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   else()
     target_link_libraries(${target} gtest_main ${PLUGIN_NAME})
   endif()