diff --git a/CppUnitLite/CMakeLists.txt b/CppUnitLite/CMakeLists.txt
index cbffa79d14..e3b2dfadbf 100644
--- a/CppUnitLite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CppUnitLite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ file(GLOB cppunitlite_src "*.cpp")
 add_library(CppUnitLite STATIC ${cppunitlite_src} ${cppunitlite_headers})
 list(APPEND GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS CppUnitLite)
 set(GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS "${GTSAM_EXPORTED_TARGETS}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+target_compile_features(CppUnitLite PUBLIC ${GTSAM_COMPILE_FEATURES_PUBLIC})
 
 gtsam_assign_source_folders("${cppunitlite_headers};${cppunitlite_src}") # MSVC project structure