diff --git a/layers/CMakeLists.txt b/layers/CMakeLists.txt
index 640ac8471..043d313fd 100644
--- a/layers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/layers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 add_compile_definitions(XXH_NO_LONG_LONG)
 
 add_library(VkLayer_utils SHARED)
-target_sources(VkLayer_utils PRIVATE
+target_sources(VkLayer_utils PUBLIC
     generated/vk_format_utils.h
     generated/vk_format_utils.cpp
     generated/vk_validation_error_messages.h