diff --git a/nasl/CMakeLists.txt b/nasl/CMakeLists.txt
index 845cd1ac9c..890a2843b2 100644
--- a/nasl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nasl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if (NETSNMP)
 endif (NETSNMP)
 
 message (STATUS "Looking for libgcrypt...")
-find_library (GCRYPT gcrypt)
+pkg_check_modules (GCRYPT REQUIRED gcrypt)
 message (STATUS "Looking for libgcrypt... ${GCRYPT}")
 if (NOT GCRYPT)
   message (SEND_ERROR "The libgcrypt library is required.")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 24b5b09943..da6a37f716 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pkg_check_modules (GLIB REQUIRED glib-2.0>=2.42)
 pkg_check_modules (LIBBSD REQUIRED libbsd)
 
 message (STATUS "Looking for libgcrypt...")
-find_library (GCRYPT gcrypt)
+pkg_check_modules (GCRYPT REQUIRED gcrypt)
 if (NOT GCRYPT)
   message (SEND_ERROR "The libgcrypt library is required.")
 else (NOT GCRYPT)