diff --git a/cmake/modules/Findre2.cmake b/cmake/modules/Findre2.cmake
index 35d0382b8871..d4af18f13e34 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/Findre2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/Findre2.cmake
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ _userver_module_find_library(
 )
 
 _userver_module_end()
+
+if(NOT TARGET re2::re2)
+  add_library(re2::re2 ALIAS re2)
+endif()
diff --git a/universal/CMakeLists.txt b/universal/CMakeLists.txt
index e1f703f5f153..ef2e305f91cc 100644
--- a/universal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/universal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -187,11 +187,10 @@ option(USERVER_FEATURE_RE2 "Build userver with re2 support" OFF)
 if(USERVER_FEATURE_RE2)
   if(USERVER_CONAN)
     find_package(re2 REQUIRED CONFIG)
-    target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE re2::re2)
   else()
     find_package(re2 REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE re2)
   endif()
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE re2::re2)
 else()
   target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC USERVER_NO_RE2_SUPPORT=1)
 endif()