diff --git a/build-gtest.sh b/build-gtest.sh
index 4c73f3382..be266846d 100755
--- a/build-gtest.sh
+++ b/build-gtest.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fi
 
 cd `dirname $0`
 GTEST_PATH=third_party/googletest
-if [ ! "$(ls -A $GTEST_PATH/CMakeLists.txt)" ]; then 
+if [ ! "$(ls -A $GTEST_PATH/CMakeLists.txt)" ]; then
   echo Clone googletest from google/googletest:master ...
   rm -rf ${GTEST_PATH} #delete just if empty directory exists
   git clone --depth 1 --branch release-1.12.1 https://github.com/google/googletest $GTEST_PATH
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ if(BUILD_IOS)
   message("-- CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET       \${CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET}")
   message("-- CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME                 \${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}")
   message("-- CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES          \${CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES}")
-  set(TARGET_ARCH "APPLE") 
+  set(TARGET_ARCH "APPLE")
   set(IOS True)
   set(APPLE True)
-  set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME iOS) 
+  set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME iOS)
   set(CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "12.2" CACHE STRING "Force set of the deployment target for iOS" FORCE)
   set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "\${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -miphoneos-version-min=10.0")
   set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "\${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -miphoneos-version-min=10.0 -std=c++11")
diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index ee864d938..aa4812eb9 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ make package
 
 # Install newly generated package
 if [ -f /usr/bin/dpkg ]; then
-  # Ubuntu / Debian / Raspbian 
+  # Ubuntu / Debian / Raspbian
   [[ -z "$NOROOT" ]] && sudo dpkg -i *.deb || echo "No root: skipping package deployment."
 elif [ -f /usr/bin/rpmbuild ]; then
   # Redhat / Centos
diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index bb2e54568..ab4172046 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -276,7 +276,9 @@ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS STREQUAL "ON")
     # Prefer shared libraries for sqlite3 and zlib
     add_library(sqlite3 SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
     add_library(z SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-    target_link_libraries(mat PUBLIC sqlite3 PUBLIC z ${LIBS} "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}" "${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}" "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}")
+    find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+    find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+    target_link_libraries(mat PUBLIC SQLite::SQLite3 PUBLIC ZLIB::ZLIB ${LIBS} "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}" "${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}" "${CMAKE_REQUIRED_LIBRARIES}")
   endif()
 
   # target_link_libraries(mat PUBLIC libsqlite3 libcurl.a libz.a libssl.a libcrypto.a "${SQLITE_LIBRARY}" "${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}" "${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}" )
diff --git a/tests/functests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/functests/CMakeLists.txt
index 2551230c1..872fa6024 100644
--- a/tests/functests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/functests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,10 +59,10 @@ if(PAL_IMPLEMENTATION STREQUAL "WIN32")
   # Link against prebuilt libraries on Windows
   message("--- WIN32: Linking against prebuilt libraries")
   message("--- WIN32: ... ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gtest")
-  message("--- WIN32: ... ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gmock") 
+  message("--- WIN32: ... ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gmock")
   message("--- WIN32: ... ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/zlib")
   message("--- WIN32: ... ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sqlite")
-  # link_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gtest/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gmock/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/zlib/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sqlite/) 
+  # link_directories(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gtest/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/gmock/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/zlib/ ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sqlite/)
   include_directories( ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../zlib )
   target_link_libraries(FuncTests
   	mat
@@ -80,7 +80,8 @@ else()
   elseif(EXISTS "/usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib/libsqlite3.a")
     set (SQLITE3_LIB "/usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib/libsqlite3.a")
   else()
-    set (SQLITE3_LIB "sqlite3")
+    find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+    set (SQLITE3_LIB SQLite::SQLite3)
   endif()
 
   # Find zlib
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ else()
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../../third_party/googletest/build/lib/
   )
 
-  target_link_libraries(FuncTests 
+  target_link_libraries(FuncTests
     ${LIBGTEST}
     ${LIBGMOCK}
     mat
diff --git a/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
index df6e6a0e6..001adbdcf 100644
--- a/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/unittests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ endif()
 
 if (EXISTS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/modules/exp/tests)
     list(APPEND SRCS
-        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/modules/exp/tests/unittests/ECSConfigCacheTests.cpp 
+        ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/modules/exp/tests/unittests/ECSConfigCacheTests.cpp
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/modules/exp/tests/unittests/ECSClientUtilsTests.cpp
         ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/modules/exp/tests/unittests/ECSClientTests.cpp
         )
 endif()
-        
+
 if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/modules/privacyguard/ AND BUILD_PRIVACYGUARD)
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_MAT_PRIVACYGUARD)
   list(APPEND SRCS
@@ -119,7 +119,8 @@ else()
   elseif(EXISTS "/usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib/libsqlite3.a")
     set (SQLITE3_LIB "/usr/local/opt/sqlite/lib/libsqlite3.a")
   else()
-    set (SQLITE3_LIB "sqlite3")
+    find_package(SQLite3 REQUIRED)
+    set (SQLITE3_LIB SQLite::SQLite3)
   endif()
 
   # Find zlib
@@ -164,7 +165,7 @@ else()
   message("GTEST: ${LIBGTEST}")
   message("GMOCK: ${LIBGMOCK}")
 
-  target_link_libraries(UnitTests 
+  target_link_libraries(UnitTests
     ${LIBGTEST}
     ${LIBGMOCK}
     mat