diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 463b50e1b..db5522024 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
     find_package(WaylandProtocols REQUIRED)
     pkg_check_modules(XkbCommon IMPORTED_TARGET xkbcommon)
     find_package(PkgConfig QUIET REQUIRED)
-    pkg_check_modules(DBus REQUIRED dbus-1)
+    pkg_check_modules(DBus REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET dbus-1)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT WIN32)
diff --git a/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt
index 373579aa3..3b80a4725 100644
--- a/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/sendnotifications/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,7 @@ target_sources(kdeconnect_sendnotifications PRIVATE windowsnotificationslistener
 target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_sendnotifications runtimeobject windowsapp)
 else()
 target_sources(kdeconnect_sendnotifications PRIVATE dbusnotificationslistener.cpp)
-target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_sendnotifications ${DBus_LIBRARIES})
-target_include_directories(kdeconnect_sendnotifications
-    SYSTEM PRIVATE ${DBus_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-)
+target_link_libraries(kdeconnect_sendnotifications PkgConfig::DBus)
 endif()
 
 # Config