diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a33326e..5eefb80 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,9 +34,12 @@ find_package(Eigen3 REQUIRED)
 find_package(Boost REQUIRED)
 find_package(yaml_cpp_vendor REQUIRED)
 
-# Geographiclib installs FindGeographicLib.cmake to this non-standard location
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "/usr/share/cmake/geographiclib/")
-find_package(GeographicLib REQUIRED)
+find_package(GeographicLib CONFIG QUIET)
+if(NOT GeographicLib_FOUND)
+  # GeographicLib may also be provided via a Find module on some distributions.
+  list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "/usr/share/cmake/geographiclib/")
+  find_package(GeographicLib REQUIRED)
+endif()
 
 set(library_name rl_lib)