diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c3493c2..d165c91f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,8 +103,6 @@ if (WITH_NACL)
     endif (NOT NACL_FOUND)
 endif (WITH_NACL)
 
-find_package(Argp)
-
 # Disable symbol versioning in non UNIX platforms
 if (UNIX)
     find_package(ABIMap 0.3.1)
@@ -116,6 +114,10 @@ endif (UNIX)
 include(ConfigureChecks.cmake)
 configure_file(config.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/config.h)
 
+if (NOT HAVE_ARGP_PARSE)
+  find_package(Argp)
+endif (NOT HAVE_ARGP_PARSE)
+
 # check subdirectories
 add_subdirectory(doc)
 add_subdirectory(include)
diff --git a/ConfigureChecks.cmake b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
index 72f79997..65dbdbdc 100644
--- a/ConfigureChecks.cmake
+++ b/ConfigureChecks.cmake
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ int main(void){ return 0; }
 endif(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC AND NOT MINGW AND NOT OS2)
 
 # HEADER FILES
+check_function_exists(argp_parse HAVE_ARGP_PARSE)
+
 set(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES ${CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES} ${ARGP_INCLUDE_DIR})
 check_include_file(argp.h HAVE_ARGP_H)
 unset(CMAKE_REQUIRED_INCLUDES)