diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f79d173a..030c26a0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -147,9 +147,16 @@ if (BUILD_CUDA_LIB)
     endif(CUDA_FOUND)
 endif(BUILD_CUDA_LIB)
 
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(LZ4 REQUIRED liblz4)
-include_directories(${LZ4_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+find_package(lz4 CONFIG)
+if(lz4_DIR)
+    include_directories(${lz4_DIR}/../../../include)
+    link_directories(${lz4_DIR}/../../../lib)
+    link_libraries(lz4)
+else(lz4_DIR)
+    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+    pkg_check_modules(LZ4 REQUIRED liblz4)
+    include_directories(${LZ4_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+endif(lz4_DIR)
 
 #set the C/C++ include path to the "include" directory
 include_directories(BEFORE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/cpp)