diff --git a/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake b/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake
index b72f1906ff..5b280dd3fe 100644
--- a/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindBrotli.cmake
@@ -39,24 +39,18 @@
 # - `BROTLI_CFLAGS`:         Required compiler flags.
 # - `BROTLI_VERSION`:        Version of brotli.
 
-set(BROTLI_PC_REQUIRES "libbrotlidec")
+set(BROTLI_PC_REQUIRES "libbrotlidec" "libbrotlicommon")  # order is significant: brotlidec then brotlicommon
 
 if(CURL_USE_PKGCONFIG AND
    NOT DEFINED BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIR AND
    NOT DEFINED BROTLICOMMON_LIBRARY AND
    NOT DEFINED BROTLIDEC_LIBRARY)
   find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
-  pkg_check_modules(BROTLI "libbrotlicommon")
-  pkg_check_modules(BROTLIDEC ${BROTLI_PC_REQUIRES})
+  pkg_check_modules(BROTLI ${BROTLI_PC_REQUIRES})
 endif()
 
-if(BROTLI_FOUND AND BROTLIDEC_FOUND)
+if(BROTLI_FOUND)
   set(Brotli_FOUND TRUE)
-  list(APPEND BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES ${BROTLI_LIBRARIES})  # order is significant: brotlidec then brotlicommon
-  list(REVERSE BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES)
-  list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES)
-  list(REVERSE BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES)
-  set(BROTLI_LIBRARIES ${BROTLIDEC_LIBRARIES})
   string(REPLACE ";" " " BROTLI_CFLAGS "${BROTLI_CFLAGS}")
   message(STATUS "Found Brotli (via pkg-config): ${BROTLI_INCLUDE_DIRS} (found version \"${BROTLI_VERSION}\")")
 else()
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a7962d710a..d53c6733ac 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2056,6 +2056,8 @@ if(HAVE_MANUAL_TOOLS)
   add_subdirectory(docs)
 endif()
 
+list(REMOVE_DUPLICATES CURL_LIBDIRS)
+
 add_subdirectory(lib)
 
 if(BUILD_CURL_EXE)
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 6146412e74..0d8e0fd8e7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -1522,7 +1522,7 @@ if test X"$OPT_BROTLI" != Xno; then
         AC_MSG_NOTICE([Added $DIR_BROTLI to CURL_LIBRARY_PATH])
       fi
     fi
-    LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE="$LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE libbrotlidec"
+    LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE="$LIBCURL_PC_REQUIRES_PRIVATE libbrotlidec libbrotlicommon"
   else
     dnl no brotli, revert back to clean variables
     LDFLAGS=$CLEANLDFLAGS
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 76b63f416b..7200b0925d 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,8 @@ if(BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
   set_target_properties(${LIB_STATIC} PROPERTIES
     PREFIX "" OUTPUT_NAME "${LIBCURL_OUTPUT_NAME}"
     SUFFIX "${STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}"
-    INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "CURL_STATICLIB")
+    INTERFACE_COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "CURL_STATICLIB"
+    INTERFACE_LINK_DIRECTORIES "${CURL_LIBDIRS}")
   if(CURL_HIDES_PRIVATE_SYMBOLS)
     set_property(TARGET ${LIB_STATIC} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "${CURL_CFLAG_SYMBOLS_HIDE}")
     set_property(TARGET ${LIB_STATIC} APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "CURL_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS")