diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dfd35389..648218cc5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2062,7 +2062,7 @@ if(SDL_SHARED)
     set_target_properties(SDL2 PROPERTIES STATIC_LIBRARY_FLAGS "/NODEFAULTLIB")
   endif()
   set(_INSTALL_LIBS "SDL2" ${_INSTALL_LIBS})
-  target_link_libraries(SDL2 ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS})
+  target_link_libraries(SDL2 PRIVATE ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${EXTRA_LDFLAGS})
   target_include_directories(SDL2 PUBLIC "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${SDL2_SOURCE_DIR}/include>" $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include> $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/SDL2>)
   if (NOT ANDROID)
     set_target_properties(SDL2 PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX "${SDL_CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX}")