diff --git a/examples/grpc/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/grpc/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ea1c9bee5..50e33beed6 100644
--- a/examples/grpc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/grpc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,10 +33,14 @@ include_directories(
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
 if(TARGET protobuf::libprotobuf)
-  target_link_libraries(example_grpc_proto gRPC::grpc++ protobuf::libprotobuf)
+  target_link_libraries(example_grpc_proto PUBLIC gRPC::grpc++
+                                                  protobuf::libprotobuf)
 else()
-  target_include_directories(example_grpc_proto ${Protobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  target_link_libraries(example_grpc_proto ${Protobuf_LIBRARIES})
+  target_include_directories(example_grpc_proto PUBLIC ${Protobuf_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  target_link_libraries(example_grpc_proto PUBLIC ${Protobuf_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+if(WITH_ABSEIL)
+  target_link_libraries(example_grpc_proto PUBLIC absl::bad_variant_access)
 endif()
 
 foreach(_target client server)