diff --git a/cmake/modules/Finduring.cmake b/cmake/modules/Finduring.cmake
index 10c8de4255..c0a4dadfe4 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/Finduring.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/Finduring.cmake
@@ -8,10 +8,10 @@ find_path(URING_INCLUDE_DIR liburing.h)
 find_library(URING_LIBRARIES liburing.a liburing)
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(uring DEFAULT_MSG URING_LIBRARIES URING_INCLUDE_DIR)
+pkg_check_modules(URING REQUIRED liburing)
 
 if(uring_FOUND AND NOT TARGET uring::uring)
-  add_library(uring::uring UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+  add_library(uring::uring ALIAS ${URING_LIBRARIES})
   set_target_properties(uring::uring PROPERTIES
     INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${URING_INCLUDE_DIR}"
     IMPORTED_LINK_INTERFACE_LANGUAGES "C"
--- a/src/blk/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/blk/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,5 +57,5 @@
 endif()
 
 if(WITH_LIBURING)
-  target_link_libraries(blk PRIVATE uring::uring)
+  target_link_libraries(blk PRIVATE ${URING_LIBRARIES})
 endif()