diff --git a/fizz/CMakeLists.txt b/fizz/CMakeLists.txt
index ccbbbb6..ee10c90 100644
--- a/fizz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fizz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ if(TARGET event)
   message(STATUS "Found libevent from package config")
   list(APPEND FIZZ_SHINY_DEPENDENCIES event)
 else()
-  find_package(Libevent MODULE REQUIRED)
+  find_package(Libevent CONFIG REQUIRED)
   list(APPEND FIZZ_LINK_LIBRARIES ${LIBEVENT_LIB})
   list(APPEND FIZZ_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${LIBEVENT_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif()
