diff --git a/cmake_modules/SwiftenConfig.cmake b/cmake_modules/SwiftenConfig.cmake
index 08e60bcff15d79cdea49cfecc5e86e66ec9c5bda..e79bb785528ea5127f2037df638a4b07d8721d6d 100644
--- a/cmake_modules/SwiftenConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake_modules/SwiftenConfig.cmake
@@ -23,13 +23,16 @@ if( SWIFTEN_LIBRARY AND SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR )
 				list(APPEND SWIFTEN_LIBRARY ${f})
 			endif()
 		endforeach(f) 
+		set( SWIFTEN_FOUND 1 )
 	else()
-		message( FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find swiften-config" )
+		message( STATUS "Could NOT find swiften-config" )
+	endif()
+
+	if (SWIFTEN_FOUND)
+		set( SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR ${SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+		message( STATUS "Found libSwiften: ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY}, ${SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 	endif()
 
-	set( SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR ${SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-	message( STATUS "Found libSwiften: ${SWIFTEN_LIBRARY}, ${SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR}")
-	set( SWIFTEN_FOUND 1 )
 else( SWIFTEN_LIBRARY AND SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR )
-    message( FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find libSwiften" )
+    message( STATUS "Could NOT find libSwiften" )
 endif( SWIFTEN_LIBRARY AND SWIFTEN_INCLUDE_DIR )