diff --git a/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake b/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake
index 864ea96f8aad2f52e712c864fc0ec4a4d0ccc834..a717eedc29c3f76cce57f5e2b1503747411fcda6 100644
--- a/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake
+++ b/CMakeScripts/DefineDependsandFlags.cmake
@@ -164,18 +164,19 @@ add_definitions(${BOEHMGC_DEFINITIONS})
 
 # Check for system-wide version of 2geom and fallback to internal copy if not found
 if(NOT WITH_INTERNAL_2GEOM)
-    find_package(2Geom 1.0.0 QUIET)
-    if(NOT 2Geom_FOUND)
-        pkg_check_modules(2Geom QUIET IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL 2geom>=1.0.0)
-        if(2Geom_FOUND)
-            add_library(2Geom::2geom ALIAS PkgConfig::2Geom)
-        endif()
+    pkg_check_modules(2Geom QUIET IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL 2geom>=1.0.0)
+    if(2Geom_FOUND)
+        add_library(2Geom::2geom ALIAS PkgConfig::2Geom)
     endif()
     if(NOT 2Geom_FOUND)
         set(WITH_INTERNAL_2GEOM ON CACHE BOOL "Prefer internal copy of lib2geom" FORCE)
         message(STATUS "lib2geom not found, using internal copy in src/3rdparty/2geom")
     endif()
 endif()
+if(WITH_INTERNAL_2GEOM)
+  set(2Geom_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/3rdparty/2geom/include)
+endif()
+
 
 if(ENABLE_POPPLER)
     find_package(PopplerCairo)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5cf1a2e8aa057c85ff406892f07cf321cb6fc57a..5fafd26aa7ac15f948604b0849b372ebd9b1885f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -381,10 +381,11 @@ target_link_libraries(inkscape_base PUBLIC Boost::filesystem)
 target_link_libraries(inkscape_base
     PRIVATE
         ${INKSCAPE_TARGET_LIBS}
-    PUBLIC
         2Geom::2geom
+    INTERFACE
         ${INKSCAPE_LIBS}
   )
+target_include_directories(inkscape_base INTERFACE ${2Geom_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 # Link inkscape and inkview against inkscape_base
 target_link_libraries(inkscape inkscape_base)
diff --git a/testfiles/CMakeLists.txt b/testfiles/CMakeLists.txt
index 7d4627edaf3526e07b06625e9357a3eac3d2b5d5..65287edb7285c88cfd9e2a759548937c65283baf 100644
--- a/testfiles/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testfiles/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ foreach(test_source ${TEST_SOURCES})
     string(REPLACE "-test" "" testname "test_${test_source}")
     add_executable(${testname} src/${test_source}.cpp)
     target_include_directories(${testname} SYSTEM PRIVATE ${GTEST_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-    target_link_libraries(${testname} cpp_test_static_library)
+    target_link_libraries(${testname} cpp_test_static_library 2Geom::2geom)
     add_test(NAME ${testname} COMMAND ${testname})
     set_tests_properties(${testname} PROPERTIES ENVIRONMENT "${INKSCAPE_TEST_PROFILE_DIR_ENV}/${testname};${CMAKE_CTEST_ENV}")
     add_dependencies(tests ${testname})