diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index e678facb1b..1d8468d46b 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ add_library(httplib INTERFACE)
 if(USE_SYSTEM_CPP_HTTPLIB)
     find_package(CppHttp 0.14.1)
     if(CppHttp_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries(httplib SYSTEM INTERFACE cpp-httplib::cpp-httplib)
+        target_link_libraries(httplib INTERFACE httplib::httplib)
     else()
         message(STATUS "Cpp-httplib not found or not suitable version! Falling back to bundled...")
         target_include_directories(httplib SYSTEM INTERFACE ./httplib)
diff --git a/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake b/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake
index fe17c8babf..5ca45e4a53 100644
--- a/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake
+++ b/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake
@@ -1,21 +1,38 @@
 if(NOT CppHttp_FOUND)
-    pkg_check_modules(HTTP_TMP cpp-httplib)
+    pkg_check_modules(CPP_HTTPLIB cpp-httplib)
 
-    find_path(CPP-HTTP_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES httplib.h
-            PATHS
-            ${HTTP_TMP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-            /usr/include
-            /usr/local/include
-        )
-		
-    find_library(CPP-HTTP_LIBRARIES NAMES cpp-httplib
-            PATHS
-            ${HTTP_TMP_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-            /usr/lib
-            /usr/local/lib
-        )
+    if (CPP_HTTPLIB_FOUND)
+        find_path(HTTPLIB_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES httplib.h
+                PATHS
+                ${CPP_HTTPLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+                /usr/include
+                /usr/local/include
+            )
 
-    find_package_handle_standard_args(CppHttp REQUIRED_VARS CPP-HTTP_INCLUDE_DIR CPP-HTTP_LIBRARIES VERSION_VAR HTTP_TMP_VERSION)
+        find_library(HTTPLIB_LIBRARY NAMES cpp-httplib
+                PATHS
+                ${CPP_HTTPLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+                /usr/lib
+                /usr/local/lib
+            )
+
+        set(HTTPLIB_VERSION ${CPP_HTTPLIB_VERSION})
+
+        if (NOT TARGET cpp-httplib::cpp-httplib)
+            add_library(cpp-httplib::cpp-httplib INTERFACE IMPORTED)
+            set_target_properties(cpp-httplib::cpp-httplib PROPERTIES
+                INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${HTTPLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+                INTERFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES "${HTTPLIB_LIBRARY}"
+                IMPORTED_LOCATION "${HTTPLIB_LIBRARY}"
+            )
+            add_library(httplib::httplib ALIAS cpp-httplib::cpp-httplib)
+        endif()
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Cpp-httplib not found via pkg-config, trying CMake...")
+        find_package(httplib)
+    endif()
+
+    find_package_handle_standard_args(CppHttp REQUIRED_VARS HTTPLIB_INCLUDE_DIR HTTPLIB_LIBRARY VERSION_VAR HTTPLIB_VERSION)
 	
 endif()