diff --git a/src/cmake/CasADiConfig.cmake.in b/src/cmake/CasADiConfig.cmake.in
index b05489802d..533867b50a 100644
--- a/src/cmake/CasADiConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/src/cmake/CasADiConfig.cmake.in
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
 find_dependency(alpaqaCore CONFIG)
-find_dependency(casadi)
+if (@ALPAQA_WITH_EXTERNAL_CASADI@)
+    find_dependency(casadi)
+endif()
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/alpaqaCasADiTargets.cmake")