diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 147d012..22e8ef1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ project(osmpbf VERSION 1.5.0)
 
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+set(protobuf_MODULE_COMPATIBLE ON CACHE BOOL "")
+set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_PREFER_CONFIG TRUE)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
 
 add_subdirectory(osmpbf)
diff --git a/osmpbf/CMakeLists.txt b/osmpbf/CMakeLists.txt
index 80446f2..31f93a2 100644
--- a/osmpbf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/osmpbf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ protobuf_generate_cpp(CPPS HS fileformat.proto osmformat.proto)
 
 add_library(osmpbf STATIC ${CPPS})
 target_compile_features(osmpbf PUBLIC cxx_std_11)
+target_link_libraries(osmpbf PRIVATE protobuf::libprotobuf)
 target_include_directories(osmpbf SYSTEM PUBLIC ${Protobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 #set_property(TARGET osmpbf PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 install(TARGETS osmpbf ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
diff --git a/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index c7e7002..59e04e0 100644
--- a/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ add_definitions(-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64)
 add_executable(osmpbf-outline osmpbf-outline.cpp)
 
 target_include_directories(osmpbf-outline SYSTEM PRIVATE ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR})
-target_link_libraries(osmpbf-outline PRIVATE osmpbf ZLIB::ZLIB protobuf::libprotobuf)
+target_link_libraries(osmpbf-outline PRIVATE osmpbf ZLIB::ZLIB)
 set_property(TARGET osmpbf-outline PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 
 install(TARGETS osmpbf-outline RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})