diff --git a/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 232d0ffce..8194ae0a0 100644
--- a/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ target_link_libraries(kinematics PUBLIC INTERFACE ROOT::Core)
 target_compile_features(kinematics INTERFACE cxx_std_17)
 
 add_library(utils INTERFACE)
+set_target_properties(utils PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME "edm4hepUtils")
 add_library(EDM4HEP::utils ALIAS utils)
 target_link_libraries(utils INTERFACE kinematics)