diff --git a/cmake/DD4hep_XML_setup.cmake b/cmake/DD4hep_XML_setup.cmake
index 03c4f56fd7ce41109c9a3f3e01d193dee1975264..69ff1d356461415ad404be69c805fe168606a378 100644
--- a/cmake/DD4hep_XML_setup.cmake
+++ b/cmake/DD4hep_XML_setup.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ else()
   set(DD4HEP_USE_XERCESC OFF)
   IF(NOT TARGET TinyXML AND NOT TARGET DD4hep::TinyXML)
     ADD_LIBRARY(TinyXML INTERFACE)
+    ADD_LIBRARY(DD4hep::TinyXML ALIAS TinyXML)
     TARGET_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS(TinyXML INTERFACE DD4HEP_USE_TINYXML)
     INSTALL(TARGETS TinyXML EXPORT DD4hep DESTINATION lib)
   ENDIF()