diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e2c8680892..3c31bd08dde 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,8 +111,12 @@ if(WITH_SQLITE)
   if(VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET)
     # Use of the `unofficial::` namespace is a vcpkg package manager convention.
     find_package(unofficial-sqlite3 CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    add_library(SQLite3::SQLite3 ALIAS unofficial::sqlite3::sqlite3)
   else()
     find_package(SQLite3 3.7.17 REQUIRED)
+    if(NOT TARGET SQLite3::SQLite3) # CMake < 4.3
+      add_library(SQLite3::SQLite3 ALIAS SQLite::SQLite3)
+    endif()
   endif()
   set(USE_SQLITE ON)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
index 121e6e3c837..ee81c6b17a2 100644
--- a/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wallet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ if(USE_SQLITE)
   target_sources(bitcoin_wallet PRIVATE sqlite.cpp)
   target_link_libraries(bitcoin_wallet
     PRIVATE
-      $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:unofficial::sqlite3::sqlite3>
-      $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:SQLite::SQLite3>
+      SQLite3::SQLite3
   )
 endif()
 if(USE_BDB)