diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 692d7815c..067b62174 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ check_include_file("uniwbrk.h" HAVE_UNISTRING_H)
 if(NOT "${HAVE_UNISTRING_H}")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find uniwbrk.h from GNU libunistring")
 endif()
+find_library(unistring unistring REQUIRED)
 set_property(GLOBAL APPEND PROPERTY PACKAGES_FOUND libunistring)
 set_package_properties(libunistring PROPERTIES TYPE REQUIRED)
 unset(HAVE_QRCODEGEN_H CACHE)