diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b4cf08524d..1f1d97ae046 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -478,9 +478,10 @@ else()
     add_link_flag("-Bsymbolic")
   endif()
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(binaryen Threads::Threads)
+target_link_libraries(binaryen PUBLIC Threads::Threads)
+binaryen_setup_rpath(binaryen)
 if(BUILD_LLVM_DWARF)
-  target_link_libraries(binaryen llvm_dwarf)
+  target_link_libraries(binaryen PRIVATE llvm_dwarf)
 endif()
 
 if(BUILD_MIMALLOC)
@@ -489,9 +490,12 @@ if(BUILD_MIMALLOC)
   endif()
   message(STATUS "Building with mimalloc allocator.")
   if(BUILD_STATIC_LIB)
-    target_link_libraries(binaryen mimalloc-static)
+    target_link_libraries(binaryen PRIVATE "-Wl,--push-state,--as-needed")
+    target_link_libraries(binaryen PRIVATE mimalloc-static)
+    target_link_libraries(binaryen PRIVATE "-Wl,--pop-state")
   else()
-    target_link_libraries(binaryen mimalloc)
+    target_link_options(mimalloc PRIVATE "-Wl,--as-needed")
+    target_link_libraries(binaryen PRIVATE mimalloc)
   endif()
 endif()