diff --git a/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt b/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a1e05b..cae012b 100644
--- a/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tmxlite/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,10 +70,9 @@ if(USE_EXTLIBS)
   SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/")
 
   find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-  find_package(PUGIXML REQUIRED)
-  find_package(Zstd REQUIRED)
+  find_package(pugixml CONFIG REQUIRED)
+  find_package(zstd CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
-  include_directories(${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PUGIXML_INCLUDE_DIR} ${ZSTD_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 else()
   # add miniz and pugixml from source
@@ -104,7 +103,10 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(USE_EXTLIBS)
-  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${PUGIXML_LIBRARY} ${ZSTD_LIBRARY})
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
+    $<IF:$<TARGET_EXISTS:zstd::libzstd_shared>,zstd::libzstd_shared,zstd::libzstd_static>
+    pugixml::pugixml
+    ZLIB::ZLIB)
 else()
   if(USE_ZSTD)
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} ${ZSTD_LIBRARY})