diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e08be44ac..13f25fa112 100644
--- a/deps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ if(${BUILD_TEST})
 endif(${BUILD_TEST})
 
 add_subdirectory(cJson)
+target_include_directories(
+    cJSON
+    PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cJson
+)
 add_subdirectory(lz4/build/cmake)
 add_subdirectory(zlib)
 target_include_directories(
diff --git a/source/server/dnode/CMakeLists.txt b/source/server/dnode/CMakeLists.txt
index dbb4bd7c99..d93873282e 100644
--- a/source/server/dnode/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/server/dnode/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ add_library(dnode ${DNODE_SRC})
 target_link_libraries(
     dnode
     PUBLIC os
-    PUBLIC cJson
+    PUBLIC cJSON
 )
 target_include_directories(
     dnode