diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index 965f1ec..cf2acf4 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -53,10 +53,9 @@ if (NOT PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT DEFINED USE_INTERNAL_URDF OR NOT USE_INTERNAL_URDF)
-  # check for urdfdom with pkg-config
-  pkg_check_modules(URDF urdfdom>=1.0)
+  find_package(urdfdom CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
-  if (NOT URDF_FOUND)
+  if (NOT urdfdom_FOUND)
    find_package(urdfdom)
    if (urdfdom_FOUND)
      set(URDF_INCLUDE_DIRS ${urdfdom_INCLUDE_DIRS})