diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5f3a9dd73..89d661a1a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ find_package(FLAC REQUIRED)
 find_package(mpg123 REQUIRED)
 find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-find_library(LIBSERIALPORT_LIBRARIES serialport)
+find_library(LIBSERIALPORT_LIBRARIES REQUIRED serialport)
 find_path(LIBSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR libserialport.h)
 
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${SDL2IMAGE_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LIBSERIALPORT_INCLUDE_DIR})