diff --git a/externals/getopt/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/getopt/CMakeLists.txt
index b4709a506..c8b745d55 100644
--- a/externals/getopt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/getopt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@ set(HEADERS
 
 create_directory_groups(${SRCS} ${HEADERS})
 add_library(getopt ${SRCS} ${HEADERS})
-target_compile_definitions(getopt INTERFACE STATIC_GETOPT)
-target_include_directories(getopt INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
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+target_compile_definitions(getopt PUBLIC STATIC_GETOPT)
+target_include_directories(getopt INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})