diff --git a/src/plugins/languageclient/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/languageclient/CMakeLists.txt
index d1910757dbc..abddb9cd968 100644
--- a/src/plugins/languageclient/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/languageclient/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 add_qtc_plugin(LanguageClient
-  DEPENDS LanguageServerProtocol Qt5::Core
+  PUBLIC_DEPENDS LanguageServerProtocol Qt5::Core
   PLUGIN_DEPENDS ProjectExplorer Core TextEditor
   SOURCES
     client.cpp client.h