diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0f906161..59ed4e09 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,7 +184,8 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF) # prefer use of -std14 instead of -gnustd14
 
-  if(NOT TARGET gtest OR NOT TARGET gmock_main)
+  find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+  if(NOT TARGET GTest::gtest OR NOT TARGET GTest::gmock_main)
     # Download and unpack googletest at configure time.
     configure_file(
       cmake/googletest.CMakeLists.txt.in