diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 272e10927b..201500ae41 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ function(install_windows_deps)
 endfunction()
 
 if(WITH_JAEGER)
-  find_package(Thrift QUIET CONFIG)
+  find_package(Thrift QUIET)
   if(NOT Thrift_FOUND)
     # Install Thrift and propagate via vcpkg toolchain file
     if(WIN32 AND (NOT DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE))
diff --git a/cmake/FindThrift.cmake b/cmake/FindThrift.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8015194408
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindThrift.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This module defines Thrift_LIBRARIES, libraries to link Thrift_INCLUDE_DIR,
+# Thrift_FOUND, If false, do not try to use it.
+
+# prefer the Thrift version supplied in Thrift_HOME (cmake -DThrift_HOME then
+# environment)
+find_path(
+  Thrift_INCLUDE_DIR
+  NAMES thrift/Thrift.h
+  HINTS ${Thrift_HOME} ENV Thrift_HOME /usr/local /opt/local
+  PATH_SUFFIXES include)
+
+# prefer the Thrift version supplied in Thrift_HOME
+find_library(
+  Thrift_LIBRARIES
+  NAMES thrift libthrift
+  HINTS ${Thrift_HOME} ENV Thrift_HOME /usr/local /opt/local
+  PATH_SUFFIXES lib lib64)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Thrift DEFAULT_MSG Thrift_LIBRARIES
+                                  Thrift_INCLUDE_DIR)
+mark_as_advanced(Thrift_LIBRARIES Thrift_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+
+if(thrift_FOUND AND NOT (TARGET thrift::thrift))
+  add_library(thrift::thrift UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+  set_target_properties(
+    thrift::thrift
+    PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${thrift_LIBRARIES}
+	       INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${thrift_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif()
diff --git a/exporters/jaeger/CMakeLists.txt b/exporters/jaeger/CMakeLists.txt
index 0ae9162c61..966b3d476c 100644
--- a/exporters/jaeger/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/exporters/jaeger/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ target_include_directories(
 target_link_libraries(
   opentelemetry_exporter_jaeger_trace
   PUBLIC opentelemetry_resources http_client_curl
-  PRIVATE thrift::thrift)
+  INTERFACE thrift::thrift)
 
 if(MSVC)
   target_compile_definitions(opentelemetry_exporter_jaeger_trace