diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,20 +31,24 @@ add_definitions(
     -D_WEBSOCKETPP_CPP11_FUNCTIONAL_
 )
 
+find_package(websocketpp CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(asio CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(RapidJSON CONFIG REQUIRED)
+
 add_library(sioclient ${ALL_SRC})
 target_include_directories(sioclient PRIVATE 
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src 
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/lib/websocketpp 
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/lib/rapidjson/include
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/lib/asio/asio/include
 )
 
 if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.1")
 set_property(TARGET sioclient PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set_property(TARGET sioclient PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 else()
 set_property(TARGET sioclient APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
 endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(sioclient PRIVATE websocketpp::websocketpp asio asio::asio rapidjson)
+
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 set_target_properties(sioclient
 	PROPERTIES
@@ -56,16 +59,13 @@ if(OPENSSL_FOUND)
 add_library(sioclient_tls ${ALL_SRC})
 target_include_directories(sioclient_tls PRIVATE
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/src 
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/lib/websocketpp 
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/lib/rapidjson/include
-    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/lib/asio/asio/include
     ${OPENSSL_INCLUDE_DIR}
 )
 
 if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "3.1")
 set_property(TARGET sioclient_tls PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set_property(TARGET sioclient_tls PROPERTY CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-target_link_libraries(sioclient_tls PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} )
+target_link_libraries(sioclient_tls PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES} websocketpp::websocketpp asio asio::asio rapidjson)
 else()
 set_property(TARGET sioclient_tls APPEND_STRING PROPERTY COMPILE_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
 endif()