diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a2548bcaf..9f50bbc73d 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -209,8 +209,13 @@ endif()
 # httplib
 add_library(httplib INTERFACE)
 if(USE_SYSTEM_CPP_HTTPLIB)
-    find_package(CppHttp REQUIRED)
-    target_link_libraries(httplib INTERFACE cpp-httplib::cpp-httplib)
+    find_package(CppHttp 0.14.1)
+    if(CppHttp_FOUND)
+        target_link_libraries(httplib INTERFACE cpp-httplib::cpp-httplib)
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Cpp-httplib not found or not suitable version! Falling back to bundled...")
+        target_include_directories(httplib INTERFACE ./httplib)
+    endif()
 else()
     target_include_directories(httplib INTERFACE ./httplib)
 endif()
diff --git a/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake b/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake
index b91cc9f6e1..fe17c8babf 100644
--- a/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake
+++ b/externals/cmake-modules/FindCppHttp.cmake
@@ -14,14 +14,8 @@ if(NOT CppHttp_FOUND)
             /usr/lib
             /usr/local/lib
         )
-		
-    if(CPP-HTTP_INCLUDE_DIR AND CPP-HTTP_LIBRARIES)
-        set(CppHttp_FOUND TRUE CACHE INTERNAL "cpp-httplib found")
-        message(STATUS "Found cpp-httplib: ${CPP-HTTP_INCLUDE_DIR}, ${CPP-HTTP_LIBRARIES}")
-    else()
-        set(CppHttp_FOUND FALSE CACHE INTERNAL "cpp-httplib found")
-        message(STATUS "Cpp-httplib not found.")
-    endif()
+
+    find_package_handle_standard_args(CppHttp REQUIRED_VARS CPP-HTTP_INCLUDE_DIR CPP-HTTP_LIBRARIES VERSION_VAR HTTP_TMP_VERSION)
 	
 endif()