diff --git a/cmake/FindOpenEXR.cmake b/cmake/FindOpenEXR.cmake
index b08cd61c6..dfe2e2eda 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOpenEXR.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOpenEXR.cmake
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ elseif (TARGET OpenEXR::IlmImf AND TARGET IlmBase::Imath AND
 
     get_target_property(OPENEXR_INCLUDES OpenEXR::IlmImfConfig INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
     get_target_property(OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY OpenEXR::IlmImf INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES)
-    set (OPENEXR_LIBRARIES ${OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY} ${ILMBASE_LIBRARIES})
+    set (OPENEXR_LIBRARIES OpenEXR::IlmImf ${OPENEXR_ILMIMF_LIBRARY} ${ILMBASE_LIBRARIES})
     set (OPENEXR_FOUND true)
 
     # Link with pthreads if required