diff --git a/mlir/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,11 @@
   MLIRLoopOps
   )
 
-target_link_libraries(MLIRAnalysis MLIRAffineOps MLIRLoopOps)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRAnalysis
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRAffineOps
+  MLIRLoopOps
+  )
 
 add_llvm_library(MLIRLoopAnalysis
   AffineAnalysis.cpp
@@ -53,4 +57,7 @@
   MLIRLoopOps
   )
 
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLoopAnalysis MLIRAffineOps MLIRLoopOps)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLoopAnalysis
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRAffineOps
+  MLIRLoopOps)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/AffineToStandard/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/AffineToStandard/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/AffineToStandard/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/AffineToStandard/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 )
 target_link_libraries(
   MLIRAffineToStandard
-
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRAffineOps
   MLIRLoopOps
   MLIRPass
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToCUDA/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToCUDA/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToCUDA/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToCUDA/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 add_mlir_conversion_library(MLIRGPUtoCUDATransforms ${SOURCES})
 target_link_libraries(MLIRGPUtoCUDATransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRGPU
   MLIRLLVMIR
   MLIRNVVMIR
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToNVVM/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToNVVM/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToNVVM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToNVVM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   MLIRGPUToNVVMIncGen)
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRGPUtoNVVMTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   LLVMSupport
   MLIRGPU
   MLIRLLVMIR
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToROCDL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
   LowerGpuOpsToROCDLOps.cpp
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRGPUtoROCDLTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   LLVMSupport
   MLIRGPU
   MLIRLLVMIR
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   MLIRGPUToSPIRVIncGen)
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRGPUtoSPIRVTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRGPU
   MLIRIR
   MLIRPass
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToVulkan/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToVulkan/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToVulkan/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/GPUToVulkan/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   )
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRGPUtoVulkanTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRGPU
   MLIRIR
   MLIRLLVMIR
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@
   )
 
 add_dependencies(MLIRLinalgToLLVM ${LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgToLLVM ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgToLLVM
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LinalgToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   )
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgToSPIRVTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRLinalgOps
   MLIRLinalgUtils
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopToStandard/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopToStandard/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopToStandard/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopToStandard/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 )
 target_link_libraries(
   MLIRLoopToStandard
-
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRLoopOps
   MLIRTransforms
   LLVMCore
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopsToGPU/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopsToGPU/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopsToGPU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/LoopsToGPU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,4 +19,6 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Conversion/LoopsToGPU
 )
 add_dependencies(MLIRLoopsToGPU ${LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLoopsToGPU ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLoopsToGPU
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 )
 target_link_libraries(
   MLIRStandardToLLVM
-
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRLLVMIR
   MLIRTransforms
   LLVMCore
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/StandardToSPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   MLIRStandardToSPIRVIncGen)
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRStandardToSPIRVTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRPass
   MLIRSPIRV
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLLVM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,4 +14,6 @@
   )
 
 add_dependencies(MLIRVectorToLLVM ${LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(MLIRVectorToLLVM ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRVectorToLLVM
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLoops/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLoops/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLoops/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Conversion/VectorToLoops/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@
   )
 
 add_dependencies(MLIRVectorToLoops ${LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(MLIRVectorToLoops ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRVectorToLoops
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/AffineOps/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/AffineOps/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/AffineOps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/AffineOps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   MLIRStandardOps
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRAffineOps
-
+  PUBLIC
   MLIREDSC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRStandardOps
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Dialect
   )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRDialect MLIRIR)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRDialect
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRIR
+  )
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/FxpMathOps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   )
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRFxpMathOps
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRQuantOps
   MLIRIR
   MLIRPass
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/GPU/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
   MLIRTransformUtils
   LLVMSupport)
 target_link_libraries(MLIRGPU
+  PUBLIC
   MLIREDSC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRLLVMIR
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LLVMIR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,14 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR
   )
 add_dependencies(MLIRLLVMIR MLIRControlFlowInterfacesIncGen MLIRLLVMOpsIncGen MLIRLLVMConversionsIncGen MLIROpenMP LLVMFrontendOpenMP LLVMAsmParser LLVMCore LLVMSupport)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLLVMIR LLVMAsmParser LLVMCore LLVMSupport LLVMFrontendOpenMP MLIROpenMP MLIRIR)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLLVMIR
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMAsmParser
+  LLVMCore
+  LLVMSupport
+  LLVMFrontendOpenMP
+  MLIROpenMP
+  MLIRIR)
 
 add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIRNVVMIR
   IR/NVVMDialect.cpp
@@ -14,7 +21,13 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR
   )
 add_dependencies(MLIRNVVMIR MLIRNVVMOpsIncGen MLIRNVVMConversionsIncGen LLVMAsmParser LLVMCore LLVMSupport)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRNVVMIR LLVMAsmParser MLIRIR MLIRLLVMIR LLVMSupport LLVMCore)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRNVVMIR
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMAsmParser
+  MLIRIR
+  MLIRLLVMIR
+  LLVMSupport
+  LLVMCore)
 
 add_mlir_dialect_library(MLIRROCDLIR
   IR/ROCDLDialect.cpp
@@ -23,4 +36,9 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Dialect/LLVMIR
   )
 add_dependencies(MLIRROCDLIR MLIRROCDLOpsIncGen MLIRROCDLConversionsIncGen LLVMAsmParser LLVMCore LLVMSupport)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRROCDLIR LLVMAsmParser LLVMCore LLVMSupport MLIRIR)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRROCDLIR
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMAsmParser
+  LLVMCore
+  LLVMSupport
+  MLIRIR)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Analysis/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,4 +15,6 @@
   )
 
 add_dependencies(MLIRLinalgAnalysis ${LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgAnalysis ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgAnalysis
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/EDSC/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@
   )
 
 add_dependencies(MLIRLinalgEDSC ${LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgEDSC ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgEDSC
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/IR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,4 +21,6 @@
   MLIRLinalgStructuredOpsIncGen
   MLIRLinalgStructuredOpsInterfaceIncGen
   )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgOps ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgOps
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,4 +34,6 @@
   ${LIBS}
   MLIRLinalgTransformPatternsIncGen
   )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgTransforms ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgTransforms
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Linalg/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,4 +20,6 @@
   )
 
 add_dependencies(MLIRLinalgUtils ${LIBS})
-target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgUtils ${LIBS})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRLinalgUtils
+  PUBLIC
+  ${LIBS})
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
   LLVMSupport
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRLoopOps
-
+  PUBLIC
   MLIREDSC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRStandardOps
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/LoopOps/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   )
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRLoopOpsTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRPass
   MLIRLoopOps
   )
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/OpenMP/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
   )
 
 add_dependencies(MLIROpenMP MLIROpenMPOpsIncGen)
-target_link_libraries(MLIROpenMP MLIRIR)
+target_link_libraries(MLIROpenMP
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRIR)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/QuantOps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
                  MLIRStandardOps)
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRQuantOps
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRPass
   MLIRSupport
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SDBM/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SDBM/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SDBM/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SDBM/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Dialect/SDBM
 )
 add_dependencies(MLIRSDBM MLIRIR)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRSDBM MLIRIR)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRSDBM
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRIR)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
   MLIRSPIRVTargetAndABIIncGen)
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRSPIRV
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRParser
   MLIRSupport
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Serialization/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
   MLIRSPIRVSerializationGen)
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRSPIRVSerialization
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRSPIRV
   MLIRSupport
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/SPIRV/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
   )
 
 target_link_libraries(MLIRSPIRVTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRPass
   MLIRSPIRV
   )
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Shape/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Shape/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/Shape/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/Shape/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,6 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Dialect/Shape
   )
 add_dependencies(MLIRShape MLIRShapeOpsIncGen LLVMSupport)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRShape LLVMSupport)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRShape
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMSupport)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/StandardOps/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/StandardOps/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/StandardOps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/StandardOps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   LLVMSupport
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRStandardOps
-
+  PUBLIC
   MLIREDSC
   MLIRIR
   LLVMSupport
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Dialect/VectorOps/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Dialect/VectorOps/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Dialect/VectorOps/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Dialect/VectorOps/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,4 +11,10 @@
 add_dependencies(MLIRVectorOps MLIRVectorOpsIncGen)
 add_dependencies(MLIRVectorOps MLIRVectorTransformPatternsIncGen)
 
-target_link_libraries(MLIRVectorOps MLIRIR MLIRStandardOps MLIRAffineOps MLIRLoopOps MLIRLoopAnalysis)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRVectorOps
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRIR
+  MLIRStandardOps
+  MLIRAffineOps
+  MLIRLoopOps
+  MLIRLoopAnalysis)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/ExecutionEngine/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/ExecutionEngine
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRExecutionEngine
-
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRLLVMIR
   MLIRTargetLLVMIR
   LLVMBitReader
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 
 add_llvm_library(mlir_runner_utils SHARED RunnerUtils.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(mlir_runner_utils
-
+  PUBLIC
   mlir_c_runner_utils_static
 )
 target_compile_definitions(mlir_runner_utils PRIVATE mlir_runner_utils_EXPORTS)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/IR
   )
 add_dependencies(MLIRIR MLIRCallOpInterfacesIncGen MLIROpAsmInterfacesIncGen MLIRSupport LLVMSupport)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRIR MLIRSupport LLVMSupport)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRIR PUBLIC MLIRSupport LLVMSupport)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Parser/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Parser/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Parser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Parser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,7 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Parser
   )
 add_dependencies(MLIRParser MLIRIR MLIRAnalysis)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRParser MLIRIR MLIRAnalysis)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRParser
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRIR
+  MLIRAnalysis)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,4 +6,8 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Pass
   )
 add_dependencies(MLIRPass MLIRAnalysis MLIRIR LLVMSupport)
-target_link_libraries(MLIRPass MLIRAnalysis MLIRIR LLVMSupport)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRPass
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRAnalysis
+  MLIRIR
+  LLVMSupport)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Quantizer/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Quantizer/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Quantizer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Quantizer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
                  MLIRSupport
                  MLIRStandardOps)
 target_link_libraries(MLIRQuantizerSupport
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRQuantOps
   MLIRSupport
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@
                  MLIRFxpMathOpsIncGen
                  MLIRQuantizerSupport)
 target_link_libraries(MLIRQuantizerFxpMathConfig
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRFxpMathOps
   MLIRQuantOps
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@
   MLIRQuantizerSupport
   MLIRPass)
 target_link_libraries(MLIRQuantizerTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRQuantizerFxpMathConfig
   MLIRQuantizerSupport
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Support/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Support
   )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRSupport LLVMSupport ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB})
+target_link_libraries(MLIRSupport
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMSupport
+  ${LLVM_PTHREAD_LIB})
 
 add_llvm_library(MLIROptLib
   MlirOptMain.cpp
@@ -24,6 +27,7 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Support
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIROptLib
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRPass
   MLIRParser
   LLVMSupport
@@ -36,12 +40,18 @@
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Support
   )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRTranslateClParser LLVMSupport MLIRIR MLIRTranslation MLIRParser)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRTranslateClParser
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMSupport
+  MLIRIR
+  MLIRTranslation
+  MLIRParser)
 
 add_llvm_library(MLIRJitRunner
   JitRunner.cpp
 )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRJitRunner PRIVATE
+target_link_libraries(MLIRJitRunner
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRExecutionEngine
   MLIRIR
   MLIRParser
diff --git a/mlir/lib/TableGen/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/TableGen/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/TableGen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/TableGen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,4 +16,7 @@
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/TableGen
   )
-target_link_libraries(LLVMMLIRTableGen LLVMSupport LLVMTableGen)
+target_link_libraries(LLVMMLIRTableGen
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMSupport
+  LLVMTableGen)
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Target/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
   intrinsics_gen
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRLLVMIR LLVMCore LLVMIRReader LLVMSupport LLVMTransformUtils
   MLIRTranslation)
 add_llvm_library(MLIRTargetLLVMIR
@@ -17,7 +18,9 @@
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Target/LLVMIR
   )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRTargetLLVMIR MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRTargetLLVMIR
+  PUBLIC
+  MLIRTargetLLVMIRModuleTranslation)
 add_llvm_library(MLIRTargetNVVMIR
   LLVMIR/ConvertToNVVMIR.cpp
 
@@ -27,6 +30,7 @@
   intrinsics_gen
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTargetNVVMIR
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRGPU
   MLIRIR
   MLIRLLVMIR
@@ -42,6 +46,7 @@
   intrinsics_gen
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTargetROCDLIR
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRGPU
   MLIRIR
   MLIRLLVMIR
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   MLIRLoopLikeInterfaceIncGen
   MLIRStandardOpsIncGen)
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRAffineOps
   MLIRAnalysis
   MLIRLoopOps
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Transforms/Utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 
 add_dependencies(MLIRTransformUtils MLIRStandardOpsIncGen)
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTransformUtils
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRAffineOps
   MLIRAnalysis
   MLIRLoopAnalysis
diff --git a/mlir/lib/Translation/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/lib/Translation/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/lib/Translation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/lib/Translation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,4 +4,7 @@
   ADDITIONAL_HEADER_DIRS
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Translation
   )
-target_link_libraries(MLIRTranslation LLVMSupport)
+target_link_libraries(MLIRTranslation
+  PUBLIC
+  LLVMSupport
+  )
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/IR/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
   MLIRTestDialect
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTestIR
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRPass
   )
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Pass/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
   ${MLIR_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR}/mlir/Pass
   )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTestPass
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRIR
   MLIRPass
   )
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/TestDialect/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
   MLIRTypeInferOpInterfaceIncGen
 )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTestDialect
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRDialect
   MLIRIR
   MLIRLinalgTransforms
diff --git a/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/test/lib/Transforms/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 add_dependencies(MLIRTestTransforms MLIRTestLinalgTransformPatternsIncGen)
 add_dependencies(MLIRTestTransforms MLIRTestVectorTransformPatternsIncGen)
 target_link_libraries(MLIRTestTransforms
+  PUBLIC
   MLIRAffineOps
   MLIRAnalysis
   MLIREDSC
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-cuda-runner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
     LLVMSupport
   )
   target_link_libraries(cuda-runtime-wrappers
+    PUBLIC
     LLVMSupport
     ${CUDA_RUNTIME_LIBRARY}
   )
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-opt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
   mlir-opt.cpp
 )
 target_link_libraries(MLIRMlirOptMain
+  PUBLIC
   ${LIB_LIBS}
 )
 
diff --git a/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/CMakeLists.txt b/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/mlir/tools/mlir-vulkan-runner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
   )
 
   target_link_libraries(vulkan-runtime-wrappers
+    PUBLIC
     LLVMSupport
     MLIRSPIRVSerialization
     LLVMCore