diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt
index e605ce8ff2..43b1fe42f9 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-qnn/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ if(GGML_HEXAGON_NPU_ONLY)
 else()
     message("GGML_HEXAGON_NPU_ONLY is disabled")
     add_subdirectory(qnn)
-    target_link_libraries(ggml-qnn PRIVATE qnn-backend)
+    target_link_libraries(runtime-common PUBLIC qnn-backend)
 endif()
 
 if(GGML_QNN_ENABLE_HEXAGON_BACKEND)