diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f6e3e782..b5226fc7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -625,16 +625,13 @@ else()
             target_link_libraries(opendht PRIVATE argon2 nettle msgpack-cxx PUBLIC ${Win32_STATIC_LIBRARIES} ${Win32_IMPORT_LIBRARIES} jsoncpp fmt::fmt-header-only ${GNUTLS_LIBRARIES} wsock32 ws2_32)
         endif ()
         if (OPENDHT_HTTP)
+            find_library(LLHTTP_LIBRARY NAMES llhttp libllhttp REQUIRED)
+            target_link_libraries(opendht PRIVATE ${LLHTTP_LIBRARY})
             target_link_libraries(opendht
                 PUBLIC restinio::restinio)
             if (OPENDHT_PROXY_OPENSSL)
                 target_link_libraries(opendht PUBLIC ${OPENSSL_LIBRARIES})
             endif()
-            if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
-                target_link_libraries(opendht PRIVATE llhttp_shared)
-            else()
-                target_link_libraries(opendht PRIVATE llhttp_static)
-            endif()
         endif()
     else ()
         target_link_libraries(opendht