diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 519233cb..e94a4e5f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ option(SPDLOG_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" ON)
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_BENCH "Build benchmarks (Requires https://github.com/google/benchmark.git to be installed)" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS "Build tests" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_BUILD_HO_TESTS "Build tests using the header only version" OFF)
+option(SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS "Enable address sanitizer in tests" OFF)
 option(SPDLOG_INSTALL "Generate the install target." ${SPDLOG_MASTER_PROJECT})
 option(SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL "Use external fmt library instead of bundled" OFF)
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_library(spdlog STATIC src/spdlog.cpp ${SPDLOG_ALL_HEADERS})
 add_library(spdlog::spdlog ALIAS spdlog)
-    
+
 target_compile_definitions(spdlog PUBLIC SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB)
 target_include_directories(spdlog PUBLIC
         "$<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/include>"
diff --git a/cmake/utils.cmake b/cmake/utils.cmake
index 5ed8f9ce..4d58de35 100644
--- a/cmake/utils.cmake
+++ b/cmake/utils.cmake
@@ -12,30 +12,30 @@ function(spdlog_extract_version)
 	if (NOT ver_major OR NOT ver_minor OR NOT ver_patch)
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not extract valid version from spdlog/version.h")
 	endif()
-	set (SPDLOG_VERSION "${ver_major}.${ver_minor}.${ver_patch}" PARENT_SCOPE)    
+	set (SPDLOG_VERSION "${ver_major}.${ver_minor}.${ver_patch}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 endfunction()
 
 
-# Turn on warnings on the given target 
+# Turn on warnings on the given target
 function(spdlog_enable_warnings target_name)
-	if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang|AppleClang")
-		target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -pedantic -Wfatal-errors)
-	endif()
-	if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
-		target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE /W4 /WX )
-	endif()	
+	if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang|AppleClang")
+		target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -pedantic -Wfatal-errors)
+	endif()
+	if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
+		target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE /W4 /WX )
+	endif()
 endfunction()
 
 
 # Enable address sanitizer (gcc/clang only)
-function(spdlog_enable_sanitizer target_name)	
-	if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
-		message(FATAL_ERROR "Sanitizer supported only for gcc/clang")
-	endif()
-	message(STATUS "Address sanitizer enabled")		
-	target_compile_options(${target_name} "-fsanitize=address,undefined")
-	target_compile_options(${target_name} "-fno-sanitize=signed-integer-overflow")	
-	target_compile_options(${target_name} "-fno-sanitize-recover=all")
-	target_compile_options(${target_name} "-fno-omit-frame-pointer")
-	target_link_libraries(${target_name} "-fsanitize=address,undefined -fuse-ld=gold")
-endfunction()
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+function(spdlog_enable_sanitizer target_name)
+	if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "Sanitizer supported only for gcc/clang")
+	endif()
+	message(STATUS "Address sanitizer enabled")
+	target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -fsanitize=address,undefined)
+	target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -fno-sanitize=signed-integer-overflow)
+	target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -fno-sanitize-recover=all)
+	target_compile_options(${target_name} PRIVATE -fno-omit-frame-pointer)
+	target_link_libraries(${target_name} PRIVATE -fsanitize=address,undefined -fuse-ld=gold)
+endfunction()
diff --git a/example/CMakeLists.txt b/example/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f22b990..ac738161 100644
--- a/example/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/example/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,14 +14,14 @@ endif()
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_executable(example example.cpp)
 spdlog_enable_warnings(example)
-target_link_libraries(example spdlog::spdlog)
+target_link_libraries(example PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog)
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Example of using header-only library
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 add_executable(example_header_only example.cpp)
 spdlog_enable_warnings(example_header_only)
-target_link_libraries(example_header_only spdlog::spdlog_header_only)
+target_link_libraries(example_header_only PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog_header_only)
 
 # Create logs directory
 file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/logs")
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index b4192e79..110e2bbf 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,21 +22,21 @@ enable_testing()
 if(SPDLOG_BUILD_TESTS)
     add_executable(spdlog-utests ${SPDLOG_UTESTS_SOURCES})
 	spdlog_enable_warnings(spdlog-utests)
-    target_link_libraries(spdlog-utests spdlog)
+    target_link_libraries(spdlog-utests PRIVATE spdlog)
 	if(SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS)
 		spdlog_enable_sanitizer(spdlog-utests)
 	endif()
-    add_test(NAME spdlog-utests COMMAND spdlog-utests)	
-	
+    add_test(NAME spdlog-utests COMMAND spdlog-utests)
+
 endif()
 
 # The header-only library version tests
 if(SPDLOG_BUILD_HO_TESTS)
     add_executable(spdlog-utests-ho ${SPDLOG_UTESTS_SOURCES})
 	spdlog_enable_warnings(spdlog-utests-ho)
-    target_link_libraries(spdlog-utests-ho spdlog::spdlog_header_only)
+    target_link_libraries(spdlog-utests-ho PRIVATE spdlog::spdlog_header_only)
 	if(SPDLOG_SANITIZE_ADDRESS)
 		spdlog_set_address_sanitizer(spdlog-utests-ho)
 	endif()
     add_test(NAME spdlog-utests-ho COMMAND spdlog-utests-ho)
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()