diff --git a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 278e555439c00415b0e1ab691dd65955ba433335..254e09cb51609cd33408567e68ee1fc2035ea8a6 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(${target} libgtest)
-    target_include_directories(${target} ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    target_include_directories(${target} PUBLIC ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   else()
     target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC gtest_main)
   endif()