diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b19c68..bb5fba9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -839,7 +839,8 @@ endif()
 # Check for idn2
 option(USE_LIBIDN2 "Use libidn2 for IDN support" ON)
 if(USE_LIBIDN2)
-  check_library_exists_concat("idn2" idn2_lookup_ul HAVE_LIBIDN2)
+  set(HAVE_LIBIDN2 TRUE)
+  list(INSERT CURL_LIBS 0 ${LIBIDN2_LINK_LIBRARIES})
 else()
   set(HAVE_LIBIDN2 OFF)
 endif()