diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 24bea3b3..4326927b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ include(EthCcache)
 
 # Let's find our dependencies
 include(EthDependencies)
-include(jsoncpp)
+find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+pkg_check_modules(JSONCPP jsoncpp)
+include_directories("${JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
 find_package(Threads)