diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc7223b..a661cb8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -620,9 +620,6 @@ if(NOT CURL_DISABLE_LDAPS)
   check_include_file_concat("ldapssl.h"  HAVE_LDAPSSL_H)
 endif()
 
-# Check for idn
-check_library_exists_concat("idn2" idn2_lookup_ul HAVE_LIBIDN2)
-
 # Check for symbol dlopen (same as HAVE_LIBDL)
 check_library_exists("${CURL_LIBS}" dlopen "" HAVE_DLOPEN)
 
@@ -870,6 +867,20 @@ if(CURL_CA_PATH_SET AND NOT USE_OPENSSL AND NOT USE_MBEDTLS)
           "Set CURL_CA_PATH=none or enable one of those TLS backends.")
 endif()
 
+if (CMAKE_USE_IDN2)
+    include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+    include(SelectLibraryConfigurations)
+    
+    find_path(LIBIDN2_INCLUDE_DIRS idn2.h)
+    find_library(LIBIDN2_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES libidn2 idn2 PATHS ${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/debug/lib NO_DEFAULT_PATH Release RelWithDebInfo MinSizeRel)
+    find_library(LIBIDN2_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES libidn2 idn2 PATHS ${_VCPKG_INSTALLED_DIR}/${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET}/lib NO_DEFAULT_PATH Debug)
+    select_library_configurations(LIBIDN2)
+    
+    add_definitions(-DHAVE_IDN2_H -DHAVE_LIBIDN2)
+    include_directories(${LIBIDN2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    link_libraries(${LIBIDN2_LIBRARY})
+endif()
+
 # Check for header files
 if(NOT UNIX)
   check_include_file_concat("windows.h"      HAVE_WINDOWS_H)
@@ -906,7 +917,6 @@ check_include_file_concat("crypto.h"         HAVE_CRYPTO_H)
 check_include_file_concat("err.h"            HAVE_ERR_H)
 check_include_file_concat("errno.h"          HAVE_ERRNO_H)
 check_include_file_concat("fcntl.h"          HAVE_FCNTL_H)
-check_include_file_concat("idn2.h"           HAVE_IDN2_H)
 check_include_file_concat("ifaddrs.h"        HAVE_IFADDRS_H)
 check_include_file_concat("io.h"             HAVE_IO_H)
 check_include_file_concat("krb.h"            HAVE_KRB_H)
@@ -1362,7 +1372,6 @@ _add_if("libz"          HAVE_LIBZ)
 _add_if("brotli"        HAVE_BROTLI)
 _add_if("zstd"          HAVE_ZSTD)
 _add_if("AsynchDNS"     USE_ARES OR USE_THREADS_POSIX OR USE_THREADS_WIN32)
-_add_if("IDN"           HAVE_LIBIDN2)
 _add_if("Largefile"     (CURL_SIZEOF_CURL_OFF_T GREATER 4) AND
                         ((SIZEOF_OFF_T GREATER 4) OR USE_WIN32_LARGE_FILES))
 # TODO SSP1 (Schannel) check is missing