diff --git a/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx b/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
index 5fccb44c2b..63b4038c3a 100644
--- a/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
@@ -180,11 +180,10 @@ cm::string_view IterKey(Json::Value::const_iterator const& iter)
 }
 
 // Get list-of-strings value from object.
-std::vector<std::string> ReadList(Json::Value const& data, char const* key)
+std::vector<std::string> ReadList(Json::Value const& arr)
 {
   std::vector<std::string> result;
 
-  Json::Value const& arr = data[key];
   if (arr.isArray()) {
     for (Json::Value const& val : arr) {
       if (val.isString()) {
@@ -196,6 +195,11 @@ std::vector<std::string> ReadList(Json::Value const& data, char const* key)
   return result;
 }
 
+std::vector<std::string> ReadList(Json::Value const& data, char const* key)
+{
+  return ReadList(data[key]);
+}
+
 std::string NormalizeTargetName(std::string const& name,
                                 std::string const& context)
 {
@@ -226,6 +230,47 @@ void AppendProperty(cmMakefile* makefile, cmTarget* target,
   target->AppendProperty(fullprop, value, makefile->GetBacktrace());
 }
 
+template <typename Transform>
+void AppendLanguageProperties(cmMakefile* makefile, cmTarget* target,
+                              cm::string_view property,
+                              cm::string_view configuration,
+                              Json::Value const& data, char const* key,
+                              Transform transform)
+{
+  Json::Value const& value = data[key];
+  if (value.isArray()) {
+    for (std::string v : ReadList(value)) {
+      AppendProperty(makefile, target, property, configuration,
+                     transform(std::move(v)));
+    }
+  } else if (value.isObject()) {
+    for (auto vi = value.begin(), ve = value.end(); vi != ve; ++vi) {
+      cm::string_view const originalLang = IterKey(vi);
+      cm::string_view const lang = MapLanguage(originalLang);
+      if (lang.empty()) {
+        makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::WARNING,
+                               cmStrCat("ignoring unknown language "_s,
+                                        originalLang, " in "_s, key, " for "_s,
+                                        target->GetName()));
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      if (lang == "*"_s) {
+        for (std::string v : ReadList(*vi)) {
+          AppendProperty(makefile, target, property, configuration,
+                         transform(std::move(v)));
+        }
+      } else {
+        for (std::string v : ReadList(*vi)) {
+          v = cmStrCat("$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:"_s, lang, ">:"_s,
+                       transform(std::move(v)), '>');
+          AppendProperty(makefile, target, property, configuration, v);
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void AddCompileFeature(cmMakefile* makefile, cmTarget* target,
                        cm::string_view configuration, std::string const& value)
 {
@@ -483,10 +528,11 @@ void cmPackageInfoReader::SetTargetProperties(
   AddDefinitions(makefile, target, configuration, definitionsMap);
 
   // Add include directories.
-  for (std::string inc : ReadList(data, "includes")) {
-    AppendProperty(makefile, target, "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"_s, configuration,
-                   this->ResolvePath(std::move(inc)));
-  }
+  AppendLanguageProperties(makefile, target, "INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES"_s,
+                           configuration, data, "includes",
+                           [this](std::string p) -> std::string {
+                             return this->ResolvePath(std::move(p));
+                           });
 
   // Add link name/location(s).
   this->SetOptionalProperty(target, "LOCATION"_s, configuration,
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
index e612610281..8b5a68e900 100644
--- a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,3 +137,27 @@ else()
   add_library(defs-test STATIC defs-test-c.c defs-test-cxx.cxx)
   target_link_libraries(defs-test defs::defs)
 endif()
+
+###############################################################################
+# Test importing of (language-specific) include paths.
+
+include(CheckIncludeFile)
+include(CheckIncludeFileCXX)
+
+find_package(includes CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES includes::default)
+check_include_file(cmincludetest/global.h C_GLOBAL_H)
+check_include_file(cmincludetest/cxxonly.h C_CXXONLY_H)
+check_include_file_cxx(cmincludetest/cxxonly.h CXX_CXXONLY_H)
+set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES)
+
+if(NOT C_GLOBAL_H)
+  message(SEND_ERROR "cmincludetest/global.h not found !")
+endif()
+if(NOT CXX_CXXONLY_H)
+  message(SEND_ERROR "cmincludetest/cxxonly.h not found in C++ mode !")
+endif()
+if(C_CXXONLY_H)
+  message(SEND_ERROR "cmincludetest/cxxonly.h unexpectedly found in C mode ?!")
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/includes.cps b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/includes.cps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea6b080d3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/includes.cps
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "cps_version": "0.13",
+  "name": "includes",
+  "cps_path": "@prefix@/cps",
+  "components": {
+    "default": {
+      "type": "interface",
+      "includes": {
+        "bogus": [],
+        "cxx": ["@prefix@/include/cxx"],
+        "*": ["@prefix@/include"]
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/include/cmincludetest/global.h b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/include/cmincludetest/global.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/include/cxx/cmincludetest/cxxonly.h b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/include/cxx/cmincludetest/cxxonly.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e69de29bb2