diff --git a/unittests/Kokkos/CMakeLists.txt b/unittests/Kokkos/CMakeLists.txt
index 9e01dcddd..cfe2432ab 100644
--- a/unittests/Kokkos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unittests/Kokkos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ if (NOT (LLVM_REQUIRES_RTTI OR LLVM_ENABLE_RTTI))
   endif()
 endif()
 
+target_link_libraries(KokkosTests PRIVATE Kokkos::kokkos)
 target_link_libraries(KokkosTests PUBLIC ${Kokkos_LIBRARIES})
 target_include_directories(KokkosTests SYSTEM PRIVATE ${Kokkos_INCLUDE_DIRS})