diff --git a/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx b/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
index 0c71727333..a3e973e76c 100644
--- a/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
@@ -472,7 +472,11 @@ std::unique_ptr<cmPackageInfoReader> cmPackageInfoReader::Read(
     reader->ComponentTargets = parent->ComponentTargets;
     reader->DefaultConfigurations = parent->DefaultConfigurations;
   } else {
-    reader->DefaultConfigurations = ReadList(reader->Data, "configurations");
+    for (std::string const& config :
+         ReadList(reader->Data, "configurations")) {
+      reader->DefaultConfigurations.emplace_back(
+        cmSystemTools::UpperCase(config));
+    }
   }
 
   return reader;
@@ -664,6 +668,12 @@ cmTarget* cmPackageInfoReader::AddLibraryComponent(
   // Create the imported target.
   cmTarget* const target = makefile->AddImportedTarget(name, type, false);
 
+  // Set default configurations.
+  if (!this->DefaultConfigurations.empty()) {
+    target->SetProperty("IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS",
+                        cmJoin(this->DefaultConfigurations, ";"_s));
+  }
+
   // Set target properties.
   this->SetTargetProperties(makefile, target, data, package, {});
   auto const& cfgData = data["configurations"];
@@ -671,12 +681,6 @@ cmTarget* cmPackageInfoReader::AddLibraryComponent(
     this->SetTargetProperties(makefile, target, *ci, package, IterKey(ci));
   }
 
-  // Set default configurations.
-  if (!this->DefaultConfigurations.empty()) {
-    target->SetProperty("IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS",
-                        cmJoin(this->DefaultConfigurations, ";"_s));
-  }
-
   return target;
 }
 
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
index 561d401f17..88015e6372 100644
--- a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -267,3 +267,20 @@ elseif(TARGET TransitiveDep::Target4)
 elseif(TARGET TransitiveDep::Target5)
   message(SEND_ERROR "TransitiveDep::Target5 exists ?!")
 endif()
+
+###############################################################################
+# Test default configurations.
+
+find_package(DefaultConfigurationsTest)
+if(NOT DefaultConfigurationsTest_FOUND)
+  message(SEND_ERROR "DefaultConfigurationsTest not found !")
+elseif(NOT TARGET DefaultConfigurationsTest::Target)
+  message(SEND_ERROR "DefaultConfigurationsTest::Target missing !")
+else()
+  get_property(dct_configs
+    TARGET DefaultConfigurationsTest::Target PROPERTY IMPORTED_CONFIGURATIONS)
+  if(NOT "${dct_configs}" STREQUAL "DEFAULT;TEST")
+    message(SEND_ERROR "DefaultConfigurationsTest::Target has wrong configurations '${dct_configs}' !")
+  endif()
+  set(dct_configs)
+endif()
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/DefaultConfigurationsTest.cps b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/DefaultConfigurationsTest.cps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24e99ea528
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/DefaultConfigurationsTest.cps
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "cps_version": "0.13",
+  "name": "DefaultConfigurationsTest",
+  "cps_path": "@prefix@/cps",
+  "configurations": [ "Default" ],
+  "components": {
+    "Target": {
+      "type": "interface",
+      "configurations": {
+        "Test": {
+          "includes": [ "@prefix@/include" ]
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}