diff --git a/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt b/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b602fe09a..e5aeb20c91 100644
--- a/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tile_engine/ops/gemm/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ set(BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE "benchmark_gemm")
 message("adding example ${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE}")
 
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
+include_directories(${SQLite3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 add_library(gemm_host_api INTERFACE EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 target_include_directories(gemm_host_api INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ target_link_libraries(gemm_host_api INTERFACE gemm_template_instances)
 add_executable(${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL benchmark_gemm.cpp)
 target_include_directories(${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR})
 target_sources(${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE benchmark_gemm.hpp gemm_profiler.hpp profile_cache_db.hpp)
-target_link_libraries(${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE gemm_host_api SQLite::SQLite3)
+target_link_libraries(${BENCHMARK_GEMM_EXECUTABLE} PRIVATE gemm_host_api ${SQLite3_LIBRARIES})
 
 set(EXECUTABLE_GEMM_INSTANCE_COMPILE_OPTIONS)