diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4b36095..c16a137 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ endfunction()
 # If the caller has already set up a sodium target then we will just link to it, otherwise we go
 # looking for it.
 if(TARGET sodium)
-    target_link_libraries(lokimq PRIVATE sodium)
+    target_link_libraries(lokimq PUBLIC sodium)
     if(lokimq_build_static_libzmq)
         target_link_libraries(libzmq_vendor INTERFACE sodium)
     endif()
@@ -109,13 +109,13 @@ else()
     pkg_check_modules(sodium REQUIRED libsodium IMPORTED_TARGET)
 
     if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-        target_link_libraries(lokimq PRIVATE PkgConfig::sodium)
+        target_link_libraries(lokimq PUBLIC PkgConfig::sodium)
         if(lokimq_build_static_libzmq)
             target_link_libraries(libzmq_vendor INTERFACE PkgConfig::sodium)
         endif()
     else()
-        link_dep_libs(lokimq PRIVATE "${sodium_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS}" ${sodium_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
-        target_include_directories(lokimq PRIVATE ${sodium_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        link_dep_libs(lokimq PUBLIC "${sodium_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS}" ${sodium_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
+        target_include_directories(lokimq PUBLIC ${sodium_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
         if(lokimq_build_static_libzmq)
             link_dep_libs(libzmq_vendor INTERFACE "${sodium_STATIC_LIBRARY_DIRS}" ${sodium_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
             target_link_libraries(libzmq_vendor INTERFACE ${sodium_STATIC_INCLUDE_DIRS})