diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 88734360..d6216384 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -162,7 +162,8 @@ target_include_directories(mimalloc-obj PUBLIC
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${mi_install_dir}/include>
 )
 
-install(TARGETS mimalloc-obj EXPORT mimalloc DESTINATION ${mi_install_dir})
+# seems to lead to cmake warnings/errors on some systems, disable for now :-(
+# install(TARGETS mimalloc-obj EXPORT mimalloc DESTINATION ${mi_install_dir})
 
 install(FILES $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mimalloc-obj>
         DESTINATION ${mi_install_dir}
diff --git a/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake b/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake
index b7ced994..12da076e 100644
--- a/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mimalloc-config.cmake
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/mimalloc.cmake)
+get_filename_component(MIMALLOC_TARGET_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}" PATH)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index a9efaff9..42d4a2f4 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ target_link_libraries(static-override PUBLIC mimalloc-static)
 add_executable(static-override-cxx  main-override.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(static-override-cxx PUBLIC mimalloc-static)
 
-# and with a static object file; need to link with pthread explicitly :-(
-add_executable(static-override-obj main-override.c $<TARGET_OBJECTS:mimalloc-obj>)
-target_include_directories(static-override-obj PUBLIC $<TARGET_PROPERTY:mimalloc-obj,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>)
+# and with a static object file
+add_executable(static-override-obj main-override.c ${MIMALLOC_TARGET_DIR}/mimalloc.o)
+target_include_directories(static-override-obj PUBLIC ${MIMALLOC_TARGET_DIR}/include)
 target_link_libraries(static-override-obj PUBLIC pthread)