diff --git a/cmake/FindPugiXML.cmake b/cmake/FindPugiXML.cmake
index cbbb297..d799fab 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPugiXML.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPugiXML.cmake
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # PUGIXML_INCLUDE_DIR - header location
 # PUGIXML_LIBRARIES - library to link against
 # PUGIXML_FOUND - true if pugixml was found.
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_search_module(PUGIXML REQUIRED pugixml)
 find_path (PUGIXML_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES pugixml.hpp PATHS ${PUGIXML_HOME}/include)
 find_library (PUGIXML_LIBRARY NAMES pugixml PATHS ${PUGIXML_HOME}/lib)
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4ea4546..3eb5dd7 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -101,11 +101,12 @@ target_include_directories(fmi4cpp
         $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../include>
     PRIVATE
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+	${PUGIXML_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(fmi4cpp
     PRIVATE
-        pugixml
+        ${PUGIXML_LIBRARIES}
         libzip::libzip
 )