diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e021dc..6dbac46 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ endif()
 # Pulse
 if (RTAUDIO_API_PULSE)
   set(NEED_PTHREAD ON)
-  find_library(PULSE_LIB pulse)
-  find_library(PULSESIMPLE_LIB pulse-simple)
-  list(APPEND LINKLIBS ${PULSE_LIB} ${PULSESIMPLE_LIB})
+  find_package(PkgConfig)
+  pkg_check_modules(pulse-simple REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libpulse-simple)
+  list(APPEND LINKLIBS PkgConfig::pulse-simple)
   list(APPEND PKGCONFIG_REQUIRES "libpulse-simple")
   list(APPEND API_DEFS "-D__LINUX_PULSE__")
   list(APPEND API_LIST "pulse")
@@ -323,6 +323,10 @@ file(WRITE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RtAudioConfig.cmake.in "@PACKAGE_INIT@\n"
 if(NEED_PTHREAD)
   file(APPEND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RtAudioConfig.cmake.in "find_package(Threads REQUIRED)\n")
 endif()
+if (RTAUDIO_API_PULSE)
+  file(APPEND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RtAudioConfig.cmake.in "find_package(PkgConfig)\n")
+  file(APPEND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RtAudioConfig.cmake.in "pkg_check_modules(pulse-simple REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET libpulse-simple)\n")
+endif()
 
 file(APPEND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/RtAudioConfig.cmake.in "include(\${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/RtAudioTargets.cmake)")