diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a0605e41b..50c1eae09 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1365,7 +1365,7 @@ elseif(UNIX AND NOT APPLE AND NOT ANDROID AND NOT RISCOS AND NOT HAIKU)
       if(HAVE_LIBUNWIND_H)
         # We've already found the header, so REQUIRE the lib to be present
         pkg_search_module(UNWIND REQUIRED libunwind)
-        pkg_search_module(UNWIND_GENERIC REQUIRED libunwind-generic)
+        pkg_search_module(UNWIND_GENERIC libunwind-generic)
         list(APPEND EXTRA_LIBS ${UNWIND_LIBRARIES} ${UNWIND_GENERIC_LIBRARIES})
       endif()
     endif()