diff --git a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e851c5fbfce34b87a3f91e2a70ad0b18bb0dca7..9450a2925657ac2d909dde56a6496bec2f60d93e 100644
--- a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function(wolf_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()