diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c7e6901..a433b7da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ find_package(Drawstuff QUIET)
 set_package_properties(assimp PROPERTIES
     URL "http://assimp.org"
     PURPOSE "Used in ompl_app for reading meshes representing robots and environments.")
-find_package(assimp REQUIRED)
+find_package(assimp CONFIG REQUIRED)
 set_package_properties(ccd PROPERTIES
     URL "https://github.com/danfis/libccd"
     PURPOSE "Collision detection library used by fcl.")
@@ -178,8 +178,7 @@ include_directories(
     "${OMPLAPP_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
     "${OMPL_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
     "${EIGEN3_INCLUDE_DIR}"
-    "${FCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-    "${ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+    "${FCL_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
 # ROS installs fcl in /usr. In /usr/include/fcl/config.h it says octomap was
 # enabled. Octomap is installed in /opt/ros/${ROS_DISTRO}/include (most
@@ -195,7 +194,7 @@ set(OMPLAPP_MODULE_LIBRARIES
     ${FCL_LIBRARIES})
 set(OMPLAPP_LIBRARIES
     ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
-    ${ASSIMP_LIBRARIES}
+    assimp::assimp
     ${FCL_LIBRARIES})
 link_directories(${ASSIMP_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${CCD_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${OCTOMAP_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${FCL_LIBRARY_DIRS})