diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindSoapySDR.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindSoapySDR.cmake
index d52c3432ef..3d4604a645 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindSoapySDR.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindSoapySDR.cmake
@@ -9,44 +9,45 @@ if(NOT SOAPYSDR_FOUND)
     set(${VERSION} "${CMAKE_MATCH_1}" PARENT_SCOPE)
   endfunction(_SOAPY_SDR_GET_ABI_VERSION)
 
-  pkg_search_module (LIBSOAPYSDR_PKG soapysdr>=0.4.0 SoapySDR>=0.4.0)
+  pkg_search_module (SOAPYSDR SoapySDR>=0.4.0)
 
-  if(NOT LIBSOAPYSDR_PKG_FOUND OR (DEFINED SOAPYSDR_DIR))
+  if(NOT SOAPYSDR_FOUND OR (DEFINED SOAPYSDR_DIR))
 
-    find_path (SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR
+    find_path (SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS
       NAMES SoapySDR/Version.h
       HINTS ${SOAPYSDR_DIR}/include
-            ${LIBSOAPYSDR_PKG_INCLUDE_DIRS}
       PATHS /usr/include
             /usr/local/include
-      )
+    )
 
-    find_library (SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY
+    find_library (SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES
       NAMES SoapySDR
       HINTS ${SOAPYSDR_DIR}/lib
             ${SOAPYSDR_DIR}/lib64
             ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib
             ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib64
-            ${LIBSOAPYSDR_PKG_LIBRARY_DIRS}
       PATHS /usr/local/lib
             /usr/local/lib64
             /usr/lib
             /usr/lib64
-      )
+    )
 
-    if (SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR AND SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY)
+    if (SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS AND SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES)
       set(SOAPYSDR_FOUND TRUE)
       # get the root of SoapySDR; used on cpack
-      string(REGEX REPLACE "/lib/.*${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" "" SOAPYSDR_ROOT ${SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY})
-      # get the soapy version; to using FindPkgConfig because we can use SOAPYSDR_DIR
-      _SOAPY_SDR_GET_ABI_VERSION(SOAPYSDR_ABI_VERSION ${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR})
-      message (STATUS "Found SoapySDR: ${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR}, ${SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY}")
-    else()
-      message (STATUS "SoapySDR not found")
+      string(REGEX REPLACE "/lib/.*${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" "" SOAPYSDR_LIBDIR ${SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES})
+      # get the soapy version
+      _SOAPY_SDR_GET_ABI_VERSION(SOAPYSDR_VERSION ${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     endif()
 
-    mark_as_advanced(SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY SOAPYSDR_ROOT SOAPYSDR_ABI_VERSION)
+  endif(NOT SOAPYSDR_FOUND OR (DEFINED SOAPYSDR_DIR))
 
-  endif(NOT LIBSOAPYSDR_PKG_FOUND OR (DEFINED SOAPYSDR_DIR))
+  if (SOAPYSDR_FOUND)
+    message (STATUS "Found SoapySDR: version ${SOAPYSDR_VERSION}, ${SOAPYSDR_LIBDIR}, ${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS}, ${SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES}")
+  else()
+    message (STATUS "SoapySDR not found")
+  endif()
+
+  mark_as_advanced(SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES SOAPYSDR_LIBDIR SOAPYSDR_VERSION)
 
 endif(NOT SOAPYSDR_FOUND)
diff --git a/cmake/cpack/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/cpack/CMakeLists.txt
index e454d467a3..3ce2842473 100644
--- a/cmake/cpack/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/cpack/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ if(APPLE AND BUNDLE AND BUILD_GUI)
   # probably libmirsdrapi-rsp.dylib can't be re-distribuited
   # we remove the file at the end of fixup_bundle
   if(ENABLE_SOAPYSDR AND SOAPYSDR_FOUND)
-    set(SOAPY_SDR_MOD_PATH "${SOAPYSDR_ROOT}/lib/SoapySDR/modules${SOAPYSDR_ABI_VERSION}")
+    set(SOAPY_SDR_MOD_PATH "${SOAPYSDR_LIBDIR}/lib/SoapySDR/modules${SOAPYSDR_VERSION}")
     file(GLOB SOAPY_MODS ${SOAPY_SDR_MOD_PATH}/*.so)
     foreach(SOAPY_MOD_FILE ${SOAPY_MODS})
       install( FILES "${SOAPY_MOD_FILE}"
-        DESTINATION "../Frameworks/SoapySDR/modules${SOAPYSDR_ABI_VERSION}"
+        DESTINATION "../Frameworks/SoapySDR/modules${SOAPYSDR_VERSION}"
         COMPONENT Runtime
         )
     endforeach()
diff --git a/devices/soapysdr/CMakeLists.txt b/devices/soapysdr/CMakeLists.txt
index bcc90e206d..f9e1bbced8 100644
--- a/devices/soapysdr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/devices/soapysdr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ set(soapysdrdevice_HEADERS
 )
 
 include_directories(
-    ${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    ${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 add_library(soapysdrdevice SHARED
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ set_target_properties(soapysdrdevice
     PROPERTIES DEFINE_SYMBOL "devices_EXPORTS")
 
 target_link_libraries(soapysdrdevice
-    ${SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY}
+    ${SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES}
     sdrbase
 )
 
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index aaa9dc8deb..618a858999 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ if (WIN32 OR APPLE)
 
     if (ENABLE_SOAPYSDR)
         if (WIN32)
-            set(SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY "${SDRANGEL_BINARY_LIB_DIR}/SoapySDR.lib" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+            set(SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES "${SDRANGEL_BINARY_LIB_DIR}/SoapySDR.lib" CACHE INTERNAL "")
         endif ()
         ExternalProject_Add(soapysdr
                 GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/pothosware/SoapySDR.git
@@ -1235,7 +1235,7 @@ if (WIN32 OR APPLE)
                 -DENABLE_PYTHON=OFF
                 -DENABLE_PYTHON3=OFF
                 -DENABLE_TESTS=OFF
-                BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY}"
+                BUILD_BYPRODUCTS "${SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES}"
                 BUILD_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build <BINARY_DIR> --config $<CONFIG> -- SoapySDR
                 INSTALL_COMMAND ""
                 TEST_COMMAND ""
@@ -1243,12 +1243,12 @@ if (WIN32 OR APPLE)
         ExternalProject_Get_Property(soapysdr source_dir binary_dir)
         set_global_cache(SOAPYSDR_FOUND ON)
         set(SOAPYSDR_EXTERNAL ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
-        set(SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR "${source_dir}/include" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS "${source_dir}/include" CACHE INTERNAL "")
         if (WIN32)
             install(FILES "${SDRANGEL_BINARY_BIN_DIR}/SoapySDR${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}")
             install(DIRECTORY "${SDRANGEL_BINARY_LIB_DIR}/SoapySDR" DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}/lib")
         elseif (APPLE)
-            set(SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY "${binary_dir}/lib/libSoapySDR${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" CACHE INTERNAL "")
+            set(SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES "${binary_dir}/lib/libSoapySDR${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}" CACHE INTERNAL "")
             install(DIRECTORY "${binary_dir}/lib/" DESTINATION "${INSTALL_LIB_DIR}"
                     FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "libSoapySDR*${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
             set(MACOS_EXTERNAL_LIBS_FIXUP "${MACOS_EXTERNAL_LIBS_FIXUP};${binary_dir}/lib/")
diff --git a/plugins/samplesink/soapysdroutput/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/samplesink/soapysdroutput/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fa5833b91..030adfee44 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesink/soapysdroutput/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/samplesink/soapysdroutput/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set(soapysdroutput_HEADERS
 include_directories(
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/swagger/sdrangel/code/qt5/client
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/devices
-	${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 if(NOT SERVER_MODE)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}
 	sdrbase
 	${TARGET_LIB_GUI}
         swagger
-        ${SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY}
+        ${SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES}
         soapysdrdevice
 )
 
diff --git a/plugins/samplesource/soapysdrinput/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/samplesource/soapysdrinput/CMakeLists.txt
index 1bd2abe926..adbe5262db 100644
--- a/plugins/samplesource/soapysdrinput/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/samplesource/soapysdrinput/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ set(soapysdrinput_HEADERS
 include_directories(
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/swagger/sdrangel/code/qt5/client
 	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/devices
-	${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIR}
+	${SOAPYSDR_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 if(NOT SERVER_MODE)
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${TARGET_NAME}
 	sdrbase
 	${TARGET_LIB_GUI}
         swagger
-        ${SOAPYSDR_LIBRARY}
+        ${SOAPYSDR_LINK_LIBRARIES}
         soapysdrdevice
 )