diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39ec359ac3..03225b8940 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -177,10 +177,10 @@ if(Boost_FOUND)
 	LIST(APPEND OpenMVS_DEFINITIONS -D_USE_BOOST)
 	ADD_DEFINITIONS(${Boost_DEFINITIONS})
 	LINK_DIRECTORIES(${Boost_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-	if(NOT MSVC AND DEFINED CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE)
-		# work around this missing library link in vcpkg
-		LIST(APPEND Boost_LIBRARIES zstd)
-	endif()
+  LINK_LIBRARIES(${Boost_LIBRARIES})
+  find_package(zstd CONFIG REQUIRED)
+  LINK_LIBRARIES($<IF:$<TARGET_EXISTS:zstd::libzstd_shared>,zstd::libzstd_shared,zstd::libzstd_static>)
+
 	SET(_USE_BOOST TRUE)
 endif()