diff --git a/edm4hep/CMakeLists.txt b/edm4hep/CMakeLists.txt
index 91dd3d438..1301d5bdb 100644
--- a/edm4hep/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/edm4hep/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 PODIO_GENERATE_DATAMODEL(edm4hep ../edm4hep.yaml headers sources IO_BACKEND_HANDLERS ${PODIO_IO_HANDLERS})
 
 PODIO_ADD_DATAMODEL_CORE_LIB(edm4hep "${headers}" "${sources}")
+add_library(edm4hep::edm4hep ALIAS edm4hep)
+set_target_properties(edm4hep PROPERTIES ALIAS_GLOBAL true)
 
 if (nlohmann_json_FOUND)
   target_compile_definitions(edm4hep PUBLIC PODIO_JSON_OUTPUT)
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ endif()
 
 PODIO_ADD_ROOT_IO_DICT(edm4hepDict edm4hep "${headers}" src/selection.xml)
 add_library(edm4hep::edm4hepDict ALIAS edm4hepDict )
+set_target_properties(edm4hep PROPERTIES ALIAS_GLOBAL true)
 
 list(APPEND EDM4HEP_INSTALL_LIBS edm4hep edm4hepDict)