diff --git a/external/lapack.cmake b/external/lapack.cmake
index 30306fbbea7..f146a0a4cc3 100644
--- a/external/lapack.cmake
+++ b/external/lapack.cmake
@@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ if (USER_LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
     endif(USER_LAPACK_LIBRARIES_IS_ACML)
   endif(USER_LAPACK_LIBRARIES_IS_MKL)
 
+  # LAPACK_LIBRARIES might include imported targets that are not globally available
+  if (LAPACK_LIBRARIES MATCHES OpenMP::OpenMP_C AND NOT TARGET OpenMP::OpenMP_C)
+    find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED COMPONENTS C)
+  endif()
+  if (LAPACK_LIBRARIES MATCHES Threads::Threads AND NOT TARGET Threads::Threads)
+    find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+  endif()
+
 endif(USER_LAPACK_LIBRARIES)
 
 cmake_pop_check_state()
diff --git a/src/madness/CMakeLists.txt b/src/madness/CMakeLists.txt
index c7142efc970..0e60e5ce8dc 100644
--- a/src/madness/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/madness/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -94,7 +94,13 @@ if(HAVE_IBMBGQ OR HAVE_IBMBGP)
   target_link_libraries(madness PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/new_mtxmq/bests/libMADMTXM.a)
 endif()
 if (LAPACK_FOUND)
-  target_link_libraries(madness PUBLIC ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES})
+
+	# if LAPACK_LIBRARIES includes IMPORTED targets make sure they are available
+	if (LAPACK_LIBRARIES MATCHES OpenMP::OpenMP_C AND NOT TARGET OpenMP::OpenMP_C)
+		find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED COMPONENTS C)
+	endif()
+
+	target_link_libraries(madness PUBLIC ${LAPACK_LIBRARIES})
 	if (LAPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 		target_include_directories(madness PUBLIC ${LAPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	endif(LAPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS)