diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e0620f..f744b95 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1.0 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 # set metadata
 project(reflective_rapidjson)
-set(META_PROJECT_NAME ${PROJECT_NAME})
+set(META_PROJECT_NAME reflective_rapidjson)
 set(META_APP_NAME "Reflection for RapidJSON")
 set(META_APP_AUTHOR "Martchus")
 set(META_APP_URL "https://github.com/${META_APP_AUTHOR}/reflective-rapidjson")
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ set(META_APP_VERSION ${META_VERSION_MAJOR}.${META_VERSION_MINOR}.${META_VERSION_
 set(META_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(META_ADD_DEFAULT_CPP_UNIT_TEST_APPLICATION ON)
 
-# set project name for IDEs like Qt Creator
-project(${META_PROJECT_NAME})
-
 # ensure testing is enabled at this level (and not only for particular sub directories)
 enable_testing()
 
diff --git a/generator/CMakeLists.txt b/generator/CMakeLists.txt
index 60bfb13..b2eef79 100644
--- a/generator/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/generator/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 
 # also add reflective_rapidjson which is header-only but might pull additional include dirs for RapidJSON
-list(APPEND PRIVATE_LIBRARIES reflective_rapidjson)
+list(APPEND PRIVATE_LIBRARIES "${REFLECTIVE_RAPIDJSON_TARGET_NAME}")
 
 # include modules to apply configuration
 include(BasicConfig)
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ include(ShellCompletion)
 include(Doxygen)
 
 # trigger code generator for tests because the tests already contain structs to be (de)serialized
-if (TARGET reflective_rapidjson_generator_tests)
+if (TARGET "${META_TARGET_NAME}_tests")
     include(ReflectionGenerator)
     # cmake-format: off
     add_reflection_generator_invocation(
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ if (TARGET reflective_rapidjson_generator_tests)
         CLANG_OPTIONS
             -std=c++17
         CLANG_OPTIONS_FROM_TARGETS
-            reflective_rapidjson_generator_tests
+            "${META_TARGET_NAME}_tests"
         JSON_CLASSES
             OtherNotJsonSerializable         # test specifying classes for JSON (de)serialization manually
             SomeOtherClassName               # specifying a class that does not exist should not cause any problems
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ if (TARGET reflective_rapidjson_generator_tests)
     )
     # cmake-format: on
     list(APPEND TEST_HEADER_FILES ${TEST_GENERATED_HEADER_FILES})
-    target_sources(reflective_rapidjson_generator_tests PRIVATE ${TEST_GENERATED_HEADER_FILES})
+    target_sources("${META_TARGET_NAME}_tests" PRIVATE ${TEST_GENERATED_HEADER_FILES})
 endif ()
 
 # add paths for include dirs of c++utilities and RapidJSON to config header so test cases can use it
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index cf72ff2..ce6b8dc 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@ include(LibraryTarget)
 include(TestTarget)
 include(Doxygen)
 include(ConfigHeader)
+
+# export target name so the generator can link against it
+set(${META_PROJECT_VARNAME_UPPER}_TARGET_NAME "${META_TARGET_NAME}" PARENT_SCOPE)
diff --git a/lib/cmake/modules/ReflectionGenerator.cmake b/lib/cmake/modules/ReflectionGenerator.cmake
index 7d78684..2ef8e09 100644
--- a/lib/cmake/modules/ReflectionGenerator.cmake
+++ b/lib/cmake/modules/ReflectionGenerator.cmake
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ endif ()
 set(REFLECTION_GENERATOR_MODULE_LOADED YES)
 
 # find code generator
-set(DEFAULT_REFLECTION_GENERATOR_EXECUTABLE "reflective_rapidjson_generator")
+set(DEFAULT_REFLECTION_GENERATOR_EXECUTABLE "${TARGET_PREFIX}reflective_rapidjson_generator${TARGET_SUFFIX}")
 set(REFLECTION_GENERATOR_EXECUTABLE
     ""
     CACHE FILEPATH "path to executable of reflection generator")