diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cdc150b..0643947 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,12 +26,21 @@ INCLUDE( ilcsoft_default_settings )
 
 # required packages
 FIND_PACKAGE( LCIO REQUIRED )
+# Shim for older LCIO versions
+if(NOT TARGET LCIO::lcio)
+  add_library(LCIO::lcio INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+  set_target_properties(LCIO::lcio
+      PROPERTIES
+      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${LCIO_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+      INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${LCIO_LIBRARIES}"
+  )
+endif()
 FIND_PACKAGE( GEAR REQUIRED )
 
 # export Marlin_DEPENDS_INCLUDE_DIRS to MarlinConfig.cmake
 SET( Marlin_DEPENDS_INCLUDE_DIRS ${LCIO_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${GEAR_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${streamlog_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 SET( Marlin_DEPENDS_LIBRARY_DIRS ${LCIO_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${GEAR_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${streamlog_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
-SET( Marlin_DEPENDS_LIBRARIES ${LCIO_LIBRARIES} ${GEAR_LIBRARIES} ${streamlog_LIBRARIES} )
+SET( Marlin_DEPENDS_LIBRARIES LCIO::lcio ${GEAR_LIBRARIES} ${streamlog_LIBRARIES} )
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES( SYSTEM ${Marlin_DEPENDS_INCLUDE_DIRS} )