diff --git a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ab2b2f1d1edf044104b588b8af10fead04480ff..69d16a9ef95acc8f8ad0529d07da9edb5d25a634 100644
--- a/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/gtest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,6 @@ endif()
   
 function(wolf_add_gtest target)
   add_executable(${target} ${ARGN})
-  target_link_libraries(${target}  gtest_main)
+  target_link_libraries(${target} PUBLIC gtest_main)
   add_test(NAME ${target} COMMAND ${target})
 endfunction()