diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4291632af5..601f81941f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -167,8 +167,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV)
 set (LIBUV_SYSTEM_REPLACE "
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_check_modules(libuv REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libuv)
+find_dependency(libuv CONFIG)
 ")
 endif()
 
diff --git a/wpinet/CMakeLists.txt b/wpinet/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e7cda574d..a11ca98481 100644
--- a/wpinet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wpinet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,9 +146,8 @@ if (NOT USE_SYSTEM_LIBUV)
         endif()
     endif()
 else()
-    find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-    pkg_check_modules(libuv REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libuv)
-    target_link_libraries(wpinet PUBLIC PkgConfig::libuv)
+    find_package(libuv CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(wpinet PUBLIC $<IF:$<TARGET_EXISTS:libuv::uv_a>,libuv::uv_a,libuv::uv>)
 endif()
 
 if (MSVC)