diff --git a/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in b/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in
index 4d02c9c..8c10d2d 100644
--- a/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in
+++ b/config/cmake/hdf5-config.cmake.in
@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ set (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_PARALLEL_FILTERED_WRITES "@PARALLEL_FILTERED_WRITES@")
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Dependencies
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+
 if (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_ENABLE_PARALLEL)
+  find_dependency(MPI)
   set (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_MPI_C_INCLUDE_PATH "@MPI_C_INCLUDE_DIRS@")
   set (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_MPI_C_LIBRARIES    "@MPI_C_LIBRARIES@")
   if (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_BUILD_FORTRAN)
@@ -111,11 +114,11 @@ set (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_VERSION_MINOR  @HDF5_VERSION_MINOR@)
 # project which has already built hdf5 as a subproject
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 if (NOT TARGET "@HDF5_PACKAGE@")
-  if (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_ENABLE_Z_LIB_SUPPORT AND ${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_PACKAGE_EXTLIBS)
-    include (@PACKAGE_SHARE_INSTALL_DIR@/@ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME@/@ZLIB_PACKAGE_NAME@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-targets.cmake)
+  if (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_ENABLE_Z_LIB_SUPPORT)
+    find_dependency(ZLIB)
   endif ()
-  if (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT AND ${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_PACKAGE_EXTLIBS)
-    include (@PACKAGE_SHARE_INSTALL_DIR@/@SZ_PACKAGE_NAME@/@SZ_PACKAGE_NAME@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-targets.cmake)
+  if (${HDF5_PACKAGE_NAME}_ENABLE_SZIP_SUPPORT)
+    find_dependency(szip)
   endif ()
   include (@PACKAGE_SHARE_INSTALL_DIR@/@HDF5_PACKAGE@/@HDF5_PACKAGE@@HDF_PACKAGE_EXT@-targets.cmake)
 endif ()