diff --git a/cmake/FindJsonCPP.cmake b/cmake/FindJsonCPP.cmake
index 59e971a58..18260fde8 100644
--- a/cmake/FindJsonCPP.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindJsonCPP.cmake
@@ -39,10 +39,11 @@
 #  JsonCPP_FOUND - The jsoncpp library has been found
 #  JsonCPP_TARGET - The name of the CMake target for the jsoncpp library
 
+if(TARGET jsoncpp_lib OR TARGET jsoncpp_static OR TARGET PkgConfig::jsoncpp)
 
-if(TARGET jsoncpp_lib OR TARGET jsoncpp_static)
-
-	if(TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
+	if(TARGET PkgConfig::jsoncpp)
+		set(JsonCPP_TARGET PkgConfig::jsoncpp)
+	elseif(TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
 		set(JsonCPP_TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
 	else()
 		set(JsonCPP_TARGET jsoncpp_static)
@@ -57,24 +58,50 @@ if(TARGET jsoncpp_lib OR TARGET jsoncpp_static)
 	mark_as_advanced(JsonCPP_TARGET)
 
 else()
-	
-	set(_OPTIONS "CONFIG")
+	find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+
+	set(_OPTIONS1 "CONFIG")
+	set(_OPTIONS2 "IMPORTED_TARGET") # for pkg_check_modules fallback
+
 	if(JsonCPP_FIND_REQUIRED)
-		list(APPEND _OPTIONS "REQUIRED")
-	endif()  
-	if(JsonCPP_FIND_QUIETLY)
-		list(APPEND _OPTIONS "QUIET")
+		if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+			list(APPEND _OPTIONS2 "REQUIRED")
+		else()
+		    list(APPEND _OPTIONS1 "REQUIRED")
+		endif()
 	endif()
-	if(JsonCPP_FIND_VERSION)
-		list(PREPEND _OPTIONS "${jsoncpp_FIND_VERSION}")
+	if(JsonCPP_FIND_QUIETLY)
+		list(APPEND _OPTIONS1 "QUIET")
+		list(APPEND _OPTIONS2 "QUIET")
 	endif()
-	if(JsonCPP_FIND_EXACT)
-		list(APPEND _OPTIONS "EXACT")
+	if(PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+		if(JsonCPP_FIND_VERSION)
+			if(JsonCPP_FIND_EXACT)
+				list(APPEND _OPTIONS2 "jsoncpp=${JsonCPP_FIND_VERSION}")
+			else()
+				list(APPEND _OPTIONS2 "jsoncpp>=${JsonCPP_FIND_VERSION}")
+			endif()
+		else()
+			list(APPEND _OPTIONS2 "jsoncpp")
+		endif()
+	else()
+		if(JsonCPP_FIND_VERSION)
+			list(PREPEND _OPTIONS1 "${jsoncpp_FIND_VERSION}")
+		endif()
+		if(JsonCPP_FIND_EXACT)
+			list(APPEND _OPTIONS1 "EXACT")
+		endif()
 	endif()
 
-	find_package(jsoncpp ${_OPTIONS})
+	find_package(jsoncpp ${_OPTIONS1})
+
+	if(NOT JsonCPP_FOUND)
+		pkg_check_modules(jsoncpp ${_OPTIONS2})
+	endif()
 
-	if(TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
+	if(TARGET PkgConfig::jsoncpp)
+		set(JsonCPP_TARGET jsoncpp)
+	elseif(TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
 		set(JsonCPP_TARGET jsoncpp_lib)
 	else()
 		set(JsonCPP_TARGET jsoncpp_static)