diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e965688a3..c65914558 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -196,6 +196,12 @@ if (WITH_IMAEVM)
 	list(APPEND REQFUNCS lsetxattr)
 	find_path(IMA_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES imaevm.h REQUIRED)
 	find_library(IMA_LIBRARY NAMES imaevm REQUIRED)
+
+	add_library(IMA::IMA UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+	set_target_properties(IMA::IMA PROPERTIES
+				IMPORTED_LOCATION "${IMA_LIBRARY}"
+				INTERFACE "${IMA_HEADER}"
+	)
 endif()
 
 find_program(__FIND_DEBUGINFO find-debuginfo)
diff --git a/sign/CMakeLists.txt b/sign/CMakeLists.txt
index ff3270b97..854cef1a6 100644
--- a/sign/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sign/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@ target_sources(librpmsign PRIVATE rpmgensig.c)
 target_link_libraries(librpmsign PUBLIC librpmio librpm)
 if (WITH_IMAEVM)
 	target_sources(librpmsign PRIVATE rpmsignfiles.c)
-	target_link_libraries(librpmsign PRIVATE ${IMA_LIBRARY})
-	target_include_directories(librpmsign PRIVATE ${IMA_INCLUDE_DIR})
+	target_link_libraries(librpmsign PRIVATE IMA::IMA)
 endif()
 if (WITH_FSVERITY)
 	target_sources(librpmsign PRIVATE rpmsignverity.c)