diff --git a/cmake/inputs/Config.cmake.in b/cmake/inputs/Config.cmake.in
index ccea6a22cb3..6723ff3b036 100644
--- a/cmake/inputs/Config.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/inputs/Config.cmake.in
@@ -44,10 +44,14 @@ endif()
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@TARGETS_EXPORT_NAME@.cmake")
 check_required_components("@PROJECT_NAME@")
 
-if(@BUILD_SHARED_LIBS@ AND NOT TARGET TileDB::tiledb_shared) # BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND NOT TARGET TileDB::tiledb_shared
-  add_library(TileDB::tiledb_shared ALIAS TileDB::tiledb)
-elseif(NOT TARGET TileDB::tiledb_static)
-  add_library(TileDB::tiledb_static ALIAS TileDB::tiledb)
+if(NOT TARGET TileDB::tiledb)
+  if(TARGET TileDB::tiledb_shared)
+    add_library(TileDB::tiledb INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(TileDB::tiledb PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES TileDB::tiledb_shared)
+  elseif(TARGET TileDB::tiledb_static)
+    add_library(TileDB::tiledb INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(TileDB::tiledb PROPERTIES INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES TileDB::tiledb_static)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Define a convenience all-caps variable
diff --git a/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt b/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt
index a10c5350b4a..a3a96f2a7c6 100644
--- a/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tiledb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -842,6 +842,15 @@ endif()
 # the value of the BUILD_SHARED_LIBS variable.
 add_library(tiledb $<TARGET_OBJECTS:TILEDB_CORE_OBJECTS>)
 
+# Export the target as either tiledb_shared or tiledb_static for compatibility.
+# The exported config will create the unified tiledb target that links to either
+# of them.
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set_target_properties(tiledb PROPERTIES EXPORT_NAME tiledb_shared)
+else()
+  set_target_properties(tiledb PROPERTIES EXPORT_NAME tiledb_static)
+endif()
+
 file(READ "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sm/c_api/tiledb_version.h" ver)
 
 string(REGEX MATCH "TILEDB_VERSION_MAJOR ([0-9]*)" _ ${ver})