diff --git a/src/xrt/targets/gui/CMakeLists.txt b/src/xrt/targets/gui/CMakeLists.txt
index fe2483a7e..2cc5c774c 100644
--- a/src/xrt/targets/gui/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/xrt/targets/gui/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,8 +27,12 @@ target_link_libraries(gui PRIVATE
 	st_gui
 	target_instance_no_comp
 	imgui_impl_sdl
+	${SDL2_LIBRARIES}
+	)
+target_include_directories(gui PRIVATE
+	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..
+	${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 	)
-target_include_directories(gui PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..)
 
 install(TARGETS gui
 	RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
diff --git a/src/xrt/targets/openxr/CMakeLists.txt b/src/xrt/targets/openxr/CMakeLists.txt
index 37b7f440a..a2a950228 100644
--- a/src/xrt/targets/openxr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/xrt/targets/openxr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,8 +35,16 @@ target_link_libraries(${RUNTIME_TARGET} PUBLIC
 if(XRT_HAVE_OPENGL)
 	target_link_libraries(${RUNTIME_TARGET} PUBLIC aux_ogl)
 endif()
+
 if(XRT_HAVE_SDL2)
-	target_link_libraries(${RUNTIME_TARGET} PUBLIC st_gui imgui_impl_sdl)
+	target_link_libraries(${RUNTIME_TARGET} PRIVATE
+		st_gui
+		imgui_impl_sdl
+		${SDL2_LIBRARIES}
+		)
+	target_include_directories(${RUNTIME_TARGET} PRIVATE
+		${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+		)
 endif()
 
 if(XRT_FEATURE_SERVICE)