diff --git a/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake b/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
index 8787b87..f953ceb 100644
--- a/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
+++ b/share/cmake/modules/FindExtPackages.cmake
@@ -26,15 +26,15 @@ set(CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NO_SYSTEM_PACKAGE_REGISTRY ON CACHE BOOL
 
 # expat
 # https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat
-find_package(expat 2.2.8 REQUIRED)
+find_package(expat CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 # yaml-cpp
 # https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp
-find_package(yaml-cpp 0.6.3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(yaml-cpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 # pystring
 # https://github.com/imageworks/pystring
-find_package(pystring 1.1.3 REQUIRED)
+find_package(pystring CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 # Half
 # NOTE: OCIO_USE_IMATH_HALF needs to be an integer for use in utils/Half.h.in
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ if(NOT OCIO_USE_OPENEXR_HALF)
 
     # Imath (>=3.0)
     # https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/Imath
-    find_package(Imath 3.1.2 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(Imath CONFIG REQUIRED)
     
     set(OCIO_HALF_LIB Imath::Imath CACHE STRING "Half library target" FORCE)
     set(OCIO_USE_IMATH_HALF "1" CACHE STRING "Whether 'half' type will be sourced from the Imath library (>=v3.0)" FORCE)
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ else()
 
     # OpenEXR/IlmBase (<=2.5)
     # https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/openexr
-    find_package(Half 2.4.0 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(Half CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
     set(OCIO_HALF_LIB IlmBase::Half CACHE STRING "Half library target" FORCE)
     set(OCIO_USE_IMATH_HALF "0" CACHE STRING "Whether 'half' type will be sourced from the Imath library (>=v3.0)" FORCE)
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ if(OCIO_BUILD_APPS)
 
     # lcms2
     # https://github.com/mm2/Little-CMS
-    find_package(lcms2 2.2 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(lcms2 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 if(OCIO_BUILD_OPENFX)
diff --git a/src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt
index 034185d..b992bbc 100755
--- a/src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OpenColorIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -226,9 +226,9 @@ target_link_libraries(OpenColorIO
         expat::expat
         ${OCIO_HALF_LIB}
         pystring::pystring
-        sampleicc::sampleicc
-        utils::from_chars
-        utils::strings
+        "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:sampleicc::sampleicc>"
+        "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:utils::from_chars>"
+        "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:utils::strings>"
         yaml-cpp
 )
 
diff --git a/src/cmake/Config.cmake.in b/src/cmake/Config.cmake.in
index eebb2c1..7147dc3 100644
--- a/src/cmake/Config.cmake.in
+++ b/src/cmake/Config.cmake.in
@@ -2,4 +2,9 @@
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 
+find_dependency(expat CONFIG)
+find_dependency(Imath CONFIG)
+find_dependency(pystring CONFIG)
+find_dependency(yaml-cpp CONFIG)
+
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@PROJECT_NAME@Targets.cmake)