diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a0af4815..7b359964a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ if(REQUIRE_CURL)
   if(USE_SHARED_CURL)
     find_package(CURL REQUIRED)
   else()
+    set(CURL_FOUND 1)
+    set(CURL_LIBRARY libcurl)
     set(CURL_LIBRARIES libcurl)
     set(CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CURL_DIR}/include)
   endif()