diff --git a/deps/CMakeLists.txt b/deps/CMakeLists.txt
index 0e08be44ac..f251ae34ed 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(