diff --git a/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx b/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
index a3e973e76c..3d20c4844f 100644
--- a/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmPackageInfoReader.cxx
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ std::string NormalizeTargetName(std::string const& name,
                                 std::string const& context)
 {
   if (cmHasLiteralPrefix(name, ":")) {
-    return cmStrCat(context, name);
+    return cmStrCat(context, ':', name);
   }
 
   std::string::size_type const n = name.find_first_of(':');
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
index d85c7ca349..574f5a7b9f 100644
--- a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -175,6 +175,14 @@ else()
   target_link_libraries(defs-test defs::defs)
 endif()
 
+###############################################################################
+# Test importing and mangling of requirements (i.e. link libraries).
+
+find_package(RequiresTest CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
+add_library(requires-test STATIC requires-test.cxx)
+target_link_libraries(requires-test RequiresTest::Indirect)
+
 ###############################################################################
 # Test importing of (language-specific) include paths.
 
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/RequiresTest.cps b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/RequiresTest.cps
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..736e25c827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/cps/RequiresTest.cps
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "cps_version": "0.13",
+  "name": "RequiresTest",
+  "cps_path": "@prefix@/cps",
+  "components": {
+    "Indirect": {
+      "type": "interface",
+      "requires": [ ":Direct" ]
+    },
+    "Direct": {
+      "type": "interface",
+      "definitions": {
+        "*": {
+          "ANSWER": 42
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/requires-test.cxx b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/requires-test.cxx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..39d649c357
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/FindPackageCpsTest/requires-test.cxx
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#ifndef ANSWER
+#  error ANSWER is not defined
+#else
+#  if ANSWER != 42
+#    error ANSWER has the wrong value
+#  endif
+#endif