diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e0407f20..09ab963d9 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake)
 
 include(FindPkgConfig)
 
-pkg_check_modules(JANSSON jansson)
+pkg_check_modules(JANSSON IMPORTED_TARGET jansson)
 
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
diff --git a/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 45ed67108..3bb189964 100644
--- a/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,11 +44,10 @@ endif()
 target_include_directories(villas-common PUBLIC
 	${villas-common_SOURCE_DIR}/include
 	${villas-common_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/spdlog/include
-	${JANSSON_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(villas-common PUBLIC
-	${JANSSON_LIBRARIES}
+	PkgConfig::JANSSON
 	${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
 )