diff --git a/cmake/FindLua.cmake b/cmake/FindLua.cmake
index 237dca8e6..d8cc01e8a 100644
--- a/cmake/FindLua.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLua.cmake
@@ -36,7 +36,10 @@
 # This is because, the lua location is not standardized and may exist in
 # locations other than lua/
 
-include(FindPkgConfig)
+if(NOT PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+  include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+  find_dependency(PkgConfig)
+endif()
 
 unset(_lua_include_subdirs)
 unset(_lua_library_names)