diff --git a/src/dawn/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dawn/CMakeLists.txt
index f1f834eea1..725a17a17b 100644
--- a/src/dawn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dawn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ common_compile_options(dawncpp)
 target_sources(dawncpp PRIVATE ${DAWNCPP_GEN_SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(dawncpp PUBLIC dawncpp_headers)
 
+add_library(webgpu_cpp ALIAS dawncpp)
+
 ###############################################################################
 # libdawn_proc
 ###############################################################################
diff --git a/src/dawn/native/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dawn/native/CMakeLists.txt
index 434ad66743..c86c86a92e 100644
--- a/src/dawn/native/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dawn/native/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ DawnJSONGenerator(
 add_library(webgpu_dawn ${DAWN_PLACEHOLDER_FILE})
 common_compile_options(webgpu_dawn)
 target_link_libraries(webgpu_dawn PRIVATE dawn_native)
+target_link_libraries(webgpu_dawn PUBLIC dawn_headers)
 target_compile_definitions(webgpu_dawn PRIVATE "WGPU_IMPLEMENTATION")
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     target_compile_definitions(webgpu_dawn PRIVATE "WGPU_SHARED_LIBRARY")