diff --git a/src/ifcviewer/CMakeLists.txt b/src/ifcviewer/CMakeLists.txt
index 127cd67cf8..36301d683c 100644
--- a/src/ifcviewer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ifcviewer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,11 +227,8 @@ if(EMSCRIPTEN)
     target_sources(IfcViewerCore PRIVATE ${ZSTD_DEC_SRC})
     target_include_directories(IfcViewerCore PRIVATE ${ZSTD_DEC_DIR})
 else()
-    find_library(ZSTD_LIBRARY NAMES zstd libzstd)
-    if(NOT ZSTD_LIBRARY)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "libzstd not found (needed for .ifcview compression)")
-    endif()
-    target_link_libraries(IfcViewerCore PUBLIC ${ZSTD_LIBRARY})
+    find_package(zstd CONFIG REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(IfcViewerCore PUBLIC zstd::libzstd_static)
 endif()
 install(TARGETS IfcViewerCore EXPORT ${IFCOPENSHELL_EXPORT_TARGETS})