diff --git a/examples/common/foo_library/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/common/foo_library/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ef87df1e1..9e42004939 100644
--- a/examples/common/foo_library/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/common/foo_library/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,5 +8,9 @@ endif()
 add_library(common_foo_library foo_library.h foo_library.cc)
 set_target_version(common_foo_library)
 
-target_link_libraries(common_foo_library PUBLIC ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
+if(DEFINED OPENTELEMETRY_BUILD_DLL)
+  target_link_libraries(common_foo_library opentelemetry_cpp)
+else()
+  target_link_libraries(common_foo_library PUBLIC ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
                                                 opentelemetry_api)
+endif()