diff --git a/yaml-cpp-config.cmake.in b/yaml-cpp-config.cmake.in
index b1e30b6..181ec28 100644
--- a/yaml-cpp-config.cmake.in
+++ b/yaml-cpp-config.cmake.in
@@ -19,4 +19,12 @@ include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/yaml-cpp-targets.cmake")
 # These are IMPORTED targets created by yaml-cpp-targets.cmake
 set(YAML_CPP_LIBRARIES "@EXPORT_TARGETS@")
 
+add_library(yaml-cpp INTERFACE)
+target_link_libraries(yaml-cpp INTERFACE yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp)
+if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL 3.17)
+  set_target_properties(yaml-cpp PROPERTIES 
+    DEPRECATION "The target yaml-cpp is deprecated and will be removed in version 0.10.0. Use the yaml-cpp::yaml-cpp target instead."
+  )
+endif()
+
 check_required_components(yaml-cpp)