diff --git a/adm/cmake/occt_toolkit.cmake b/adm/cmake/occt_toolkit.cmake
index 2f96c6f148..90f33c2043 100644
--- a/adm/cmake/occt_toolkit.cmake
+++ b/adm/cmake/occt_toolkit.cmake
@@ -400,6 +400,12 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OR EXECUTABLE_PROJECT)
   if(IS_VTK_9XX)
     string (REGEX REPLACE "vtk" "VTK::" USED_TOOLKITS_BY_CURRENT_PROJECT "${USED_TOOLKITS_BY_CURRENT_PROJECT}")
   endif()
+endif()
+
+if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.0.0")
+  # Declare the dependencies public so that all code that uses this library automatically also links with the dependencies
+  target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${USED_TOOLKITS_BY_CURRENT_PROJECT} ${USED_EXTERNAL_LIBS_BY_CURRENT_PROJECT})
+elseif (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   target_link_libraries (${PROJECT_NAME} ${USED_TOOLKITS_BY_CURRENT_PROJECT} ${USED_EXTERNAL_LIBS_BY_CURRENT_PROJECT})
 endif()