diff --git a/cmake/FindUUID.cmake b/cmake/FindUUID.cmake
index bf055d4..15be822 100644
--- a/cmake/FindUUID.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindUUID.cmake
@@ -18,4 +18,25 @@
 if (UNIX)
   include(IgnPkgConfig)
   ign_pkg_check_modules(UUID uuid)
+
+  # If pkg-config is not available in the system,
+  # it is neccessary to manually find uuid
+  if(NOT TARGET UUID::UUID)
+    find_path(UUID_INCLUDE_DIRS NAMES uuid.h PATH_SUFFIXES uuid)
+    mark_as_advanced(UUID_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+
+    find_library(UUID_LIBRARIES NAMES uuid libuuid)
+    mark_as_advanced(UUID_LIBRARIES)
+
+    if(NOT UUID_INCLUDE_DIRS OR NOT UUID_LIBRARIES)
+      set(UUID_FOUND false)
+    else()
+      set(UUID_FOUND true)
+    endif()
+
+    if(UUID_FOUND)
+      include(IgnImportTarget)
+      ign_import_target(UUID)
+    endif()
+  endif()
 endif()