diff --git a/find-external/CHOLMOD/findCHOLMOD.cmake b/find-external/CHOLMOD/findCHOLMOD.cmake
index 24cb96d15..3b2140eb5 100644
--- a/find-external/CHOLMOD/findCHOLMOD.cmake
+++ b/find-external/CHOLMOD/findCHOLMOD.cmake
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ if(CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES)
   set_target_properties(
     CHOLMOD::CHOLMOD
     PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES}"
-               INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${CHOLMOD_DEPENDENCIES}
+               INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${CHOLMOD_DEPENDENCIES}"
                INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${CHOLMOD_INCLUDES}")
 endif(CHOLMOD_LIBRARIES)