diff --git a/build/cmake/functions.cmake b/build/cmake/functions.cmake
index 7d772546da..fa412910e0 100644
--- a/build/cmake/functions.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/functions.cmake
@@ -405,14 +405,18 @@ endmacro()
 # Forwards everything to target_include_directories() except for monolithic
 # build where it collects all include paths for linking with the mono lib
 macro(wx_lib_include_directories name)
+    cmake_parse_arguments(_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS "" "" "PUBLIC;PRIVATE" ${ARGN})
     if(wxBUILD_MONOLITHIC)
-        cmake_parse_arguments(_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS "" "" "PUBLIC;PRIVATE" ${ARGN})
         list(APPEND wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_PUBLIC ${_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS_PUBLIC})
         list(APPEND wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_PRIVATE ${_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS_PRIVATE})
         set(wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_PUBLIC ${wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_PUBLIC} PARENT_SCOPE)
         set(wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_PRIVATE ${wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_PRIVATE} PARENT_SCOPE)
     else()
-        target_include_directories(${name};BEFORE;${ARGN})
+        set(INCLUDE_POS)
+        if (_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS_PRIVATE)
+            set(INCLUDE_POS BEFORE)
+        endif()
+        target_include_directories(${name};${INCLUDE_POS};${ARGN})
     endif()
 endmacro()
 
diff --git a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a625e54ae..939eba57d3 100644
--- a/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,11 @@ if(wxBUILD_MONOLITHIC)
             target_link_libraries(mono ${vis} ${wxMONO_LIBS_${vis}})
         endif()
         if(wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_${vis})
-            target_include_directories(mono ${vis} ${wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_${vis}})
+            set(INCLUDE_POS)
+            if (vis STREQUAL PRIVATE)
+                set(INCLUDE_POS BEFORE)
+            endif()
+            target_include_directories(mono ${INCLUDE_POS} ${vis} ${wxMONO_INCLUDE_DIRS_${vis}})
         endif()
         if(wxMONO_DEFINITIONS_${vis})
             target_compile_definitions(mono ${vis} ${wxMONO_DEFINITIONS_${vis}})