diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a2597af..416a272 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,6 +36,11 @@ endif()
 
 if(UDPC_DISABLE_LIBSODIUM)
     message(STATUS "libsodium disabled")
+elseif(DEFINED LIBSODIUM_LIBRARIES AND DEFINED LIBSODIUM_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+    message(STATUS "libsodium manual paths detected, using them")
+    target_compile_definitions(UDPC PUBLIC UDPC_LIBSODIUM_ENABLED)
+    target_link_libraries(UDPC PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_LIBRARIES})
+    target_include_directories(UDPC PUBLIC ${LIBSODIUM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 else()
     find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
     pkg_check_modules(LIBSODIUM QUIET libsodium)