diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d7ca846..ccf65e10 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -509,13 +509,13 @@ if(ONNX_USE_LITE_PROTO)
   if(TARGET protobuf::libprotobuf-lite)
     target_link_libraries(onnx_proto PUBLIC protobuf::libprotobuf-lite PRIVATE ${protobuf_ABSL_USED_TARGETS})
   else()
-    target_link_libraries(onnx_proto PUBLIC ${PROTOBUF_LITE_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(onnx_proto PUBLIC ${PROTOBUF_LITE_LIBRARIES} ${protobuf_ABSL_USED_TARGETS})
   endif()
 else()
   if(TARGET protobuf::libprotobuf)
     target_link_libraries(onnx_proto PUBLIC protobuf::libprotobuf PRIVATE ${protobuf_ABSL_USED_TARGETS})
   else()
-    target_link_libraries(onnx_proto PUBLIC ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES})
+    target_link_libraries(onnx_proto PUBLIC ${PROTOBUF_LIBRARIES} ${protobuf_ABSL_USED_TARGETS})
   endif()
 endif()
 add_onnx_global_defines(onnx_proto)
@@ -532,7 +532,7 @@ target_include_directories(onnx PUBLIC
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${ONNX_ROOT}>
   $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}>
   $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
-target_link_libraries(onnx PUBLIC onnx_proto)
+target_link_libraries(onnx PUBLIC onnx_proto ${protobuf_ABSL_USED_TARGETS})
 add_onnx_global_defines(onnx)
 
 if(BUILD_ONNX_PYTHON)