diff --git a/test/utests/tests/PlayerCommonTests/CMakeLists.txt b/test/utests/tests/PlayerCommonTests/CMakeLists.txt
index 73f044f6..02f0ad57 100644
--- a/test/utests/tests/PlayerCommonTests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/utests/tests/PlayerCommonTests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ endif()
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 
 pkg_check_modules(GST REQUIRED
+    IMPORTED_TARGET
     gstreamer-1.0
     gstreamer-base-1.0
     gstreamer-app-1.0
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(${EXEC_NAME} fakes -pthread ${GLIB_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${OS_LD_FLAGS} ${GMOCK_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${GST_LIBRARIES}) 
+target_link_libraries(${EXEC_NAME} fakes -pthread ${GLIB_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${OS_LD_FLAGS} ${GMOCK_LINK_LIBRARIES} ${GTEST_LINK_LIBRARIES} PkgConfig::GST) 
 
 player_utest_run_add(${EXEC_NAME})