diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b458638..6d1351f5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,9 +162,6 @@ include_directories("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include")
 
 # add sources of the wrapper as a "SQLiteCpp" static library
 add_library(SQLiteCpp ${SQLITECPP_SRC} ${SQLITECPP_INC} ${SQLITECPP_DOC} ${SQLITECPP_SCRIPT})
-# make the sqlite3 library part of the interface of the SQLiteCpp wrapper itself (the client app does not need to link to sqlite3)
-# PR https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp/pull/111 "linked SQLiteCpp to sqlite3" commented out since it breaks install step from PR #118
-#target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC sqlite3)
 
 # Options relative to SQLite and SQLiteC++ functions
 
@@ -206,12 +203,6 @@ install(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}Config DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/$
 
 ## Build provided copy of SQLite3 C library ##
 
-# TODO 
-#find_package(sqlite3)
-#if(sqlite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
-#    set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
-#endif()
-
 option(SQLITECPP_USE_ASAN "Use Address Sanitizer." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_USE_ASAN)
     if ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 6) OR ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang"))
@@ -230,8 +221,24 @@ if (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
     add_subdirectory(sqlite3)
     target_include_directories(sqlite3 PUBLIC "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3")
     target_include_directories(SQLiteCpp PRIVATE "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sqlite3")
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC sqlite3)
+else (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
+    find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+    if(SQLite3_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.19")
+        set_target_properties(SQLiteCpp PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-DSQLITECPP_HAS_MEM_STRUCT")
+    endif()
+    # make the sqlite3 library part of the interface of the SQLiteCpp wrapper itself (the client app does not need to link to sqlite3)
+    # PR https://github.com/SRombauts/SQLiteCpp/pull/111 "linked SQLiteCpp to sqlite3" commented out since it breaks install step from PR #118
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3)
 endif (SQLITECPP_INTERNAL_SQLITE)
 
+# Link target with pthread and dl for Unix
+if (UNIX)
+    set(THREADS_PREFER_PTHREAD_FLAG ON)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp PUBLIC Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+endif (UNIX)
+
 # Optional additional targets:
 
 option(SQLITECPP_RUN_CPPLINT "Run cpplint.py tool for Google C++ StyleGuide." ON)
@@ -285,16 +292,10 @@ option(SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples." OFF)
 if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     # add the basic example executable
     add_executable(SQLiteCpp_example1 ${SQLITECPP_EXAMPLES})
-    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 SQLiteCpp sqlite3)
-    # Link target with pthread and dl for linux
-    if (UNIX)
-        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 pthread)
-        if (NOT APPLE)
-            target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 dl)
-        endif ()
-    elseif (MSYS OR MINGW)
+    target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 SQLiteCpp)
+    if (MSYS OR MINGW)
         target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_example1 ssp)
-    endif ()
+    endif (MSYS OR MINGW)
 else (SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
     message(STATUS "SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF")
 endif (SQLITECPP_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
@@ -306,7 +307,7 @@ if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
 
     find_package(GTest)
     if (GTEST_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests GTest::GTest GTest::Main SQLiteCpp sqlite3)
+        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests GTest::GTest GTest::Main SQLiteCpp)
     else (GTEST_FOUND)
         # deactivate some warnings for compiling the gtest library
         if (NOT MSVC)
@@ -330,14 +331,9 @@ if (SQLITECPP_BUILD_TESTS)
             endif (MSVC_VERSION GREATER_EQUAL 1910 AND MSVC_VERSION LESS_EQUAL 1919)
         endif (MSVC)
 
-        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests gtest_main SQLiteCpp sqlite3)
+        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests gtest_main SQLiteCpp)
     endif (GTEST_FOUND)
 
-    # Link target with dl for linux
-    if (UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-        target_link_libraries(SQLiteCpp_tests dl)
-    endif ()
-
     # add a "test" target:
     enable_testing()