diff --git a/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt b/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt
index 7853267e855c5557232d02180b43b915e6a480ee..12ecb84af9a6fe8234e8a69dc98b99cb47bd6917 100644
--- a/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/backends/twitter/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,11 +2,14 @@ include_directories (${libtransport_SOURCE_DIR}/backends/twitter/libtwitcurl)
 FILE(GLOB SRC *.cpp libtwitcurl/*.cpp Requests/*.cpp)
 add_executable(spectrum2_twitter_backend ${SRC})
 
-if (NOT WIN32)
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_twitter_backend curl transport pthread ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
-else ()
-include_directories("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/msvc-deps/curl/include")
-target_link_libraries(spectrum2_twitter_backend libcurl transport ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+find_package(curl)
+
+if(CURL_FOUND)
+message(STATUS "Using curl ${CURL_VERSION_STRING}: ${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${CURL_LIBRARIES}")
+include_directories (${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS}) 
+target_link_libraries(spectrum2_twitter_backend transport ${CURL_LIBRARIES} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY} ${LOG4CXX_LIBRARIES})
+else()
+message(FATAL_ERROR "curl not found")
 endif()
 
 INSTALL(TARGETS spectrum2_twitter_backend RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)