diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dd02e4847..a6a62e4db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ option(LWS_WITH_SSL "Include SSL support (defaults to OpenSSL or similar, mbedTL
 option(LWS_WITH_MBEDTLS "Use mbedTLS (>=2.0) replacement for OpenSSL. When setting this, you also may need to specify LWS_MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES and LWS_MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS" OFF)
 option(LWS_WITH_BORINGSSL "Use BoringSSL replacement for OpenSSL" OFF)
 option(LWS_WITH_CYASSL "Use CyaSSL replacement for OpenSSL. When setting this, you also need to specify LWS_CYASSL_LIBRARIES and LWS_CYASSL_INCLUDE_DIRS" OFF)
-option(LWS_WITH_WOLFSSL "Use wolfSSL replacement for OpenSSL. When setting this, you also need to specify LWS_WOLFSSL_LIBRARIES and LWS_WOLFSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS" OFF)
+option(LWS_WITH_WOLFSSL "Use wolfSSL replacement for OpenSSL. When setting this, you also may need to specify LWS_WOLFSSL_LIBRARIES and LWS_WOLFSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS" OFF)
 option(LWS_SSL_CLIENT_USE_OS_CA_CERTS "SSL support should make use of the OS-installed CA root certs" ON)
 option(LWS_TLS_LOG_PLAINTEXT_RX "For debugging log the received plaintext as soon as decrypted" OFF)
 option(LWS_TLS_LOG_PLAINTEXT_TX "For debugging log the transmitted plaintext just before encryption" OFF)
diff --git a/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
index a161879f1..fb9a75fe5 100644
--- a/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/tls/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ endif()
 
 if (LWS_WITH_SSL AND LWS_WITH_WOLFSSL)
 	if ("${LWS_WOLFSSL_LIBRARIES}" STREQUAL "" OR "${LWS_WOLFSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS}" STREQUAL "")
+		include (FindPkgConfig)
+		PKG_SEARCH_MODULE(LWS_WOLFSSL wolfssl)
+
 		if (NOT WOLFSSL_FOUND)
 			if (LWS_WITH_CYASSL)
 				message(FATAL_ERROR "You must set LWS_CYASSL_LIBRARIES and LWS_CYASSL_INCLUDE_DIRS when LWS_WITH_CYASSL is turned on.")