diff --git a/cmake/EDM4HEPConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/EDM4HEPConfig.cmake.in
index 7bf6d54f2..cc176de83 100644
--- a/cmake/EDM4HEPConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/EDM4HEPConfig.cmake.in
@@ -21,4 +21,8 @@ include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/EDM4HEPTargets.cmake")
 # print the default "Found:" message and check library location
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 get_property(TEST_EDM4HEP_LIBRARY TARGET EDM4HEP::edm4hep PROPERTY LOCATION)
+
+# For backwards compatibility and for slightly less typing
+add_library(EDM4HEP::utils ALIAS EDM4HEP::edm4hepUtils)
+
 find_package_handle_standard_args(EDM4HEP DEFAULT_MSG CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_FILE TEST_EDM4HEP_LIBRARY)
diff --git a/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 232d0ffce..fa816c51a 100644
--- a/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,10 +8,9 @@ target_include_directories(kinematics
 target_link_libraries(kinematics PUBLIC INTERFACE ROOT::Core)
 target_compile_features(kinematics INTERFACE cxx_std_17)
 
-add_library(utils INTERFACE)
-add_library(EDM4HEP::utils ALIAS utils)
-target_link_libraries(utils INTERFACE kinematics)
-
+add_library(edm4hepUtils INTERFACE)
+add_library(EDM4HEP::utils ALIAS edm4hepUtils)
+target_link_libraries(edm4hepUtils INTERFACE kinematics)
 
 set(sources src/dataframe.cc)
 set(headers include/edm4hep/utils/dataframe.h)
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@ target_link_libraries(edm4hepRDF PUBLIC edm4hep ROOT::Physics ROOT::ROOTVecOps)
 install(DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
   PATTERN "CMakeLists.txt" EXCLUDE)
 
-install(TARGETS utils kinematics edm4hepRDF
+install(TARGETS edm4hepUtils kinematics edm4hepRDF
   EXPORT EDM4HEPTargets
   RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}" COMPONENT bin
   RUNTIME DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}" COMPONENT shlib