diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 50698bd..4cc7a1f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -251,3 +251,5 @@ target_link_libraries(fallout2-ce ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES})
 target_include_directories(fallout2-ce PRIVATE ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 add_subdirectory("third_party/sdl2")
+target_link_libraries(fallout2-ce ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
+target_include_directories(fallout2-ce PRIVATE ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/third_party/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt
index 8bfdb32..06e5b61 100644
--- a/third_party/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/sdl2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,5 +19,6 @@ if (NOT sdl2_POPULATED)
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(${sdl2_SOURCE_DIR} ${sdl2_BINARY_DIR} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-target_include_directories(fallout2-ce PUBLIC ${sdl2_SOURCE_DIR} ${sdl2_BINARY_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(fallout2-ce SDL2-static SDL2::SDL2main)
+
+set(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS ${sdl2_SOURCE_DIR} ${sdl2_BINARY_DIR} PARENT_SCOPE)
+set(SDL2_LIBRARIES SDL2-static SDL2::SDL2main PARENT_SCOPE)