diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a489ea731e..53f77c3257 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,11 +54,8 @@ if(APPLE)
 endif()
 
 
-# build dependencies
-find_package(LibSolv 0.7.21 REQUIRED COMPONENTS ext)
-
-
 # build dependencies via pkg-config
+pkg_check_modules (LIBSOLV REQUIRED libsolv>=0.7.21 libsolvext)
 pkg_check_modules(CHECK REQUIRED check)
 pkg_check_modules(GLIB REQUIRED gio-unix-2.0>=2.46.0)
 include_directories(${GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/libdnf/CMakeLists.txt b/libdnf/CMakeLists.txt
index f37d236a22..e159807067 100644
--- a/libdnf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libdnf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,8 +73,7 @@ target_link_libraries(libdnf
     ${GLIB_GOBJECT_LIBRARIES}
     ${GLIB_GIO_LIBRARIES}
     ${GLIB_GIO_UNIX_LIBRARIES}
-    ${LIBSOLV_LIBRARY}
-    ${LIBSOLV_EXT_LIBRARY}
+    ${LIBSOLV_LIBRARIES}
     ${RPM_LIBRARIES}
     ${SCOLS_LIBRARIES}
     ${SQLite3_LIBRARIES}