diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index 9fa99a67cb..2af40aebaf 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -448,16 +448,19 @@ if(NOT MINIMAL_BUILD)
             if(NOT LibXml2_FOUND)
                 # Fallback to CMake's builtin FindLibXml2 module (works on Ubuntu)
                 find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+            else()
+                message(STATUS "Found LibXml2 config: ${LibXml2_DIR}")
             endif()
 
-            message(STATUS "Found LibXml2 config: ${LibXml2_DIR}")
-            get_target_property(LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR LibXml2::LibXml2 INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-            get_target_property(_libxml2_debug LibXml2::LibXml2 IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG)
-            get_target_property(_libxml2_release LibXml2::LibXml2 IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE)
-            set(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES
-                optimized ${_libxml2_release}
-                debug     ${_libxml2_debug}
-            )
+            if(TARGET LibXml2::LibXml2)
+                # Config mode already gives us the target
+                set(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES LibXml2::LibXml2)
+                get_target_property(LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR LibXml2::LibXml2 INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+            else()
+                # Module mode (Ubuntu)
+                set(LIBXML2_LIBRARIES ${LibXml2_LIBRARIES})
+                set(LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR ${LibXml2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+            endif()
         else()
             find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
         endif()