diff --git a/cmake/CeresConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/CeresConfig.cmake.in
index 06f0fddc8..32108e47b 100644
--- a/cmake/CeresConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/CeresConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Ceres Solver - A fast non-linear least squares minimizer
-# Copyright 2015 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2022 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
 # http://ceres-solver.org/
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -176,11 +176,10 @@ endif(CERES_WAS_INSTALLED)
 set(CERES_VERSION @CERES_VERSION@)
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
-find_dependency(Threads)
-
 # Optional dependencies
-@SuiteSparse_DEPENDENCY@
 @OpenMP_DEPENDENCY@
+@SuiteSparse_DEPENDENCY@
+@Threads_DEPENDENCY@
 
 # As imported CMake targets are not re-exported when a dependent target is
 # exported, we must invoke find_package(XXX) here to reload the definition
diff --git a/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt b/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt
index d6babfb0f..4c9bfe766 100644
--- a/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/internal/ceres/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,17 @@
 #
 # Author: keir@google.com (Keir Mierle)
 
+# Build the list of dependencies for Ceres based on the current configuration.
+
 # Avoid 'xxx.cc has no symbols' warnings from source files which are 'empty'
 # when their enclosing #ifdefs are disabled.
 if (CERES_THREADING_MODEL STREQUAL "CXX_THREADS")
   set(CERES_PARALLEL_FOR_SRC parallel_for_cxx.cc thread_pool.cc)
+  find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+  list(APPEND CERES_LIBRARY_PRIVATE_DEPENDENCIES Threads::Threads)
+
+  # Make dependency visible to the parent CMakeLists.txt
+  set(Threads_DEPENDENCY "find_dependency (Threads)" PARENT_SCOPE)
 elseif (CERES_THREADING_MODEL STREQUAL "OPENMP")
   # OpenMP requires linking to the corresponding library.
   find_package(OpenMP REQUIRED COMPONENTS CXX)
@@ -100,10 +107,6 @@ elseif(CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Unity build requires cmake 3.16 or newer.  Please unset CMAKE_UNITY_BUILD.")
 endif()
 
-# Build the list of dependencies for Ceres based on the current configuration.
-find_package(Threads QUIET)
-list(APPEND CERES_LIBRARY_PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES Threads::Threads)
-
 if (NOT MINIGLOG AND GLOG_FOUND)
   list(APPEND CERES_LIBRARY_PUBLIC_DEPENDENCIES ${GLOG_LIBRARIES})
   if (gflags_FOUND)