diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 37b43c4..106fe38 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -213,6 +213,11 @@ if(WITH_ZLIB)
   target_link_libraries(rdkafka PUBLIC ZLIB::ZLIB)
 endif()
 
+if(WITH_CURL)
+  find_package(CURL CONFIG REQUIRED)
+  target_link_libraries(rdkafka PUBLIC CURL::libcurl)
+endif()
+
 if(WITH_ZSTD)
   target_link_libraries(rdkafka PRIVATE ${ZSTD_LIBRARY})
   target_include_directories(rdkafka PRIVATE ${ZSTD_INCLUDE_DIR})
@@ -296,7 +301,7 @@ if(NOT RDKAFKA_BUILD_STATIC)
   set(PKG_CONFIG_DESCRIPTION "The Apache Kafka C/C++ library")
 
   if(WITH_CURL)
-    string(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES "curl ")
+    string(APPEND PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES "libcurl ")
   endif()
 
   if(WITH_ZLIB)