diff --git a/src/libOpenImageIO/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libOpenImageIO/CMakeLists.txt
index 309c7dfb49..d08e15fccb 100644
--- a/src/libOpenImageIO/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libOpenImageIO/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ target_link_libraries (OpenImageIO
             OpenImageIO_Util
             ${OPENIMAGEIO_IMATH_DEPENDENCY_VISIBILITY}
             ${OPENIMAGEIO_IMATH_TARGETS}
+            fmt::fmt
         PRIVATE
             ${OPENIMAGEIO_OPENEXR_TARGETS}
             ${OpenCV_LIBRARIES}
@@ -155,7 +156,6 @@ target_link_libraries (OpenImageIO
             ZLIB::ZLIB
             $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:Boost::thread>
             ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
-            fmt::fmt
         )
 
 if (FREETYPE_FOUND)
diff --git a/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt
index 10cc4b0c44..b394d55156 100644
--- a/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libutil/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ target_link_libraries (OpenImageIO_Util
             ${GCC_ATOMIC_LIBRARIES}
             ${OPENIMAGEIO_IMATH_DEPENDENCY_VISIBILITY}
             ${OPENIMAGEIO_IMATH_TARGETS}
+            fmt::fmt
         PRIVATE
             $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:Boost::filesystem>
             $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:Boost::thread>