diff --git a/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Bar.cpp b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Bar.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ed39e284c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Bar.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "Bar.hpp"
+
+class Bar;
diff --git a/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Bar.hpp b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Bar.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdb1d9b5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Bar.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include "Foo.hpp"
+
+class Bar : public Foo{};
diff --git a/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/CMakeLists.txt b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/CMakeLists.txt
index 20e971a0d..36f3da0cb 100644
--- a/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,3 +9,15 @@ set_target_properties(with_private_target PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
 add_executable(with_private_system_target main.cpp)
 target_include_directories(with_private_system_target PRIVATE SYSTEM ${nlohmann_json_source}/include)
 set_target_properties(with_private_system_target PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+# regression from https://github.com/nlohmann/json/discussions/2281
+add_library(Foo SHARED)
+target_sources(Foo PRIVATE Foo.cpp Bar.cpp)
+target_include_directories(Foo PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${nlohmann_json_source}/include)
+set_target_properties(Foo PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
+
+add_library(Bar SHARED)
+target_sources(Bar PRIVATE Bar.cpp)
+target_link_libraries(Bar PRIVATE Foo)
+target_include_directories(Bar PUBLIC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${nlohmann_json_source}/include)
+set_target_properties(Bar PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 11)
diff --git a/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Foo.cpp b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Foo.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a2ff91ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Foo.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "Foo.hpp"
+
+class Foo;
diff --git a/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Foo.hpp b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Foo.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fd6b1ffac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/cmake_target_include_directories/project/Foo.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#pragma once
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+
+class Foo{};