diff --git a/docs/manual.adoc b/docs/manual.adoc
index 1f80929..5974808 100644
--- a/docs/manual.adoc
+++ b/docs/manual.adoc
@@ -2156,6 +2156,9 @@ Maintenance release. Changes:
 	. Fix Wzero-as-null-pointer-constant warnings in pugixml.hpp
 	. Work around several static analysis false positives
 
+* Build system changes
+	. The CMake package for pugixml now provides a `pugixml::pugixml` target rather than a `pugixml` target. A compatibility `pugixml` target is provided if at least version 1.11 is not requested.
+
 [[v1.10]]
 === v1.10 ^2019-09-15^
 
diff --git a/scripts/pugixml-config.cmake.in b/scripts/pugixml-config.cmake.in
index 91e3493..5af3750 100644
--- a/scripts/pugixml-config.cmake.in
+++ b/scripts/pugixml-config.cmake.in
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
 @PACKAGE_INIT@
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/pugixml-targets.cmake")
+
+# If the user is not requiring 1.11 (either by explicitly requesting an older
+# version or not requesting one at all), provide the old imported target name
+# for compatibility.
+if (NOT DEFINED PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION OR PACKAGE_FIND_VERSION VERSION_LESS "1.11")
+  add_library(pugixml ALIAS pugixml::pugixml)
+endif ()