enable_language(C) # Create imported target NS::lib add_library(NS::lib STATIC IMPORTED) # Create imported target NS::lib2 add_library(NS::lib2 SHARED IMPORTED) set_target_properties(NS::lib2 PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "/path/to/lib" IMPORTED_IMPLIB "/path/to/import.lib" INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "$" ) add_library(lib SHARED lib.c) target_link_libraries(lib PRIVATE NS::lib2)