diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 503d83eb4db0459d7ef74c0edaa1d7e2f86ecb3c..616d9f34c7347500f8eade87aa8766524e1a2610 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@ endif ()
 # support direct use of build tree
 set (INSTALL_PREFIX_REL2CONFIG_DIR .)
 export (TARGETS gflags gflags_nothreads FILE "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${PACKAGE_NAME}-export.cmake")
+export (PACKAGE gflags)
 configure_file (cmake/config.cmake.in "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/${PACKAGE_NAME}-config.cmake" @ONLY)
 
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