--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -122,12 +122,12 @@ option(PREFER_EXTERNAL_ZLIB
 option(PREFER_EXTERNAL_ZSTD
     "Find and use external Zstd library instead of included sources." OFF)
 
-set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 
 
 if(NOT DEACTIVATE_LZ4)
     if(PREFER_EXTERNAL_LZ4)
-        find_package(LZ4)
+        find_package(lz4 REQUIRED CONFIG)
+        set(LZ4_FOUND TRUE)
     else()
         message(STATUS "Using LZ4 internal sources.")
     endif(PREFER_EXTERNAL_LZ4)
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ endif(NOT DEACTIVATE_SNAPPY)
 if(NOT DEACTIVATE_ZLIB)
     # import the ZLIB_ROOT environment variable to help finding the zlib library
     if(PREFER_EXTERNAL_ZLIB)
-        set(ZLIB_ROOT $ENV{ZLIB_ROOT})
         find_package(ZLIB)
         if (NOT ZLIB_FOUND )
             message(STATUS "No zlib found.  Using internal sources.")
@@ -165,7 +163,7 @@ endif(NOT DEACTIVATE_ZLIB)
 
 if (NOT DEACTIVATE_ZSTD)
     if (PREFER_EXTERNAL_ZSTD)
-        find_package(Zstd)
+        find_package(zstd REQUIRED CONFIG)
     else ()
         message(STATUS "Using ZSTD internal sources.")
     endif (PREFER_EXTERNAL_ZSTD)
--- a/blosc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/blosc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ endif(WIN32)
 
 if(NOT DEACTIVATE_LZ4)
     if(LZ4_FOUND)
-        set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${LZ4_LIBRARY})
+        set(LIBS ${LIBS} $<IF:$<TARGET_EXISTS:LZ4::lz4_shared>,LZ4::lz4_shared,LZ4::lz4_static>)
     else(LZ4_FOUND)
         file(GLOB LZ4_FILES ${LZ4_LOCAL_DIR}/*.c)
         set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} ${LZ4_FILES})
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ endif(NOT DEACTIVATE_LZ4)
 
 if(NOT DEACTIVATE_SNAPPY)
     if(SNAPPY_FOUND)
-        set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${SNAPPY_LIBRARY})
+        set(LIBS ${LIBS} "Snappy::snappy")
     else(SNAPPY_FOUND)
         file(GLOB SNAPPY_FILES ${SNAPPY_LOCAL_DIR}/*.cc)
         set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} ${SNAPPY_FILES})
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ endif(NOT DEACTIVATE_SNAPPY)
 
 if(NOT DEACTIVATE_ZLIB)
     if(ZLIB_FOUND)
-        set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${ZLIB_LIBRARY})
+        set(LIBS ${LIBS} "ZLIB::ZLIB")
     else(ZLIB_FOUND)
         file(GLOB ZLIB_FILES ${ZLIB_LOCAL_DIR}/*.c)
         set(SOURCES ${SOURCES} ${ZLIB_FILES})
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ endif(NOT DEACTIVATE_ZLIB)
 
 if (NOT DEACTIVATE_ZSTD)
     if (ZSTD_FOUND)
-        set(LIBS ${LIBS} ${ZSTD_LIBRARY})
+        set(LIBS ${LIBS} $<IF:$<TARGET_EXISTS:zstd::libzstd_shared>,zstd::libzstd_shared,zstd::libzstd_static>)
     else (ZSTD_FOUND)
       file(GLOB ZSTD_FILES
         ${ZSTD_LOCAL_DIR}/common/*.c