diff --git a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
index c5a02cd670..0ad691fdbf 100644
--- a/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ if(BUILD_CUML_CPP_LIBRARY)
   # because cumlprims_mg and cuML inherit their CUDA libs from the raft::raft
   # INTERFACE target.
   list(APPEND ${_cuml_cpp_libs_var_name}
-    $<$<BOOL:${CUML_RAFT_COMPILED}>:raft::compiled>
+    $<$<BOOL:${CUML_RAFT_COMPILED}>:${RAFT_COMPILED_LIB}>
     $<TARGET_NAME_IF_EXISTS:cumlprims_mg::cumlprims_mg>
   )
 
diff --git a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
index b335b075b2..8919feb45d 100644
--- a/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
+++ b/cpp/cmake/thirdparty/get_raft.cmake
@@ -36,17 +36,14 @@ function(find_and_configure_raft)
         string(APPEND RAFT_COMPONENTS " distributed")
     endif()
 
-
     if(PKG_COMPILE_LIBRARY)
-      string(APPEND RAFT_COMPONENTS " compiled")
-      set(RAFT_COMPILE_LIBRARY ON)
-    else()
-      set(RAFT_COMPILE_LIBRARY OFF)
-    endif()
-
-    set(RAFT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON)
-    if(${PKG_USE_RAFT_STATIC})
-        set(RAFT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
+      if(NOT PKG_USE_RAFT_STATIC)
+        string(APPEND RAFT_COMPONENTS " compiled")
+        set(RAFT_COMPILED_LIB raft::compiled PARENT_SCOPE)
+      else()
+        string(APPEND RAFT_COMPONENTS " compiled_static")
+        set(RAFT_COMPILED_LIB raft::compiled_static PARENT_SCOPE)
+      endif()
     endif()
 
     # We need to set this each time so that on subsequent calls to cmake
@@ -68,7 +65,6 @@ function(find_and_configure_raft)
         OPTIONS
           "BUILD_TESTS OFF"
           "BUILD_BENCH OFF"
-          "BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ${RAFT_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}"
           "RAFT_COMPILE_LIBRARY ${PKG_COMPILE_LIBRARY}"
     )