diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 07b01da8..a129dc70 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ if (${PARTIO_SE_ENABLED})
     SET(SEEXPR_INCLUDE_PATH ${SEEXPR_BASE}/include)
     SET(SEEXPR_LIBDIR ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
     SET(SEEXPR_LINK_PATH ${SEEXPR_BASE}/${SEEXPR_LIBDIR})
-    SET(SEEXPR_LIBS "SeExpr")
+    find_library(SEEXPR_LIB SeExpr ${SEEXPR_LINK_PATH} REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 
 
diff --git a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index 94ec1038..af47971f 100644
--- a/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ if (SEEXPR_BASE)
             PUBLIC
                 $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${SEEXPR_INCLUDE_PATH}>
                 $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${SEEXPR_INCLUDE_DIR}>)
-            target_link_libraries(partioSe PUBLIC partio ${SEEXPR_LIBS})
+        target_link_libraries(partioSe PUBLIC partio ${SEEXPR_LIB})
         install(TARGETS partioSe DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
     endif ()
 endif (SEEXPR_BASE)