diff --git a/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index cc71ed9d2..ce7120bca 100644
--- a/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ endif()
 # Make a small static lib of command line functions
 add_library(gz STATIC gz.cc ../FrameSemantics.cc)
 target_link_libraries(gz
-  ${PROJECT_LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME}
+  PUBLIC
+    ${PROJECT_LIBRARY_TARGET_NAME}
+  PRIVATE
+    TINYXML2::TINYXML2
 )
 
 # Build sdf CLI executable