diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fcec1191a..8df2a9e21 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -408,9 +408,9 @@ IF((_wx_selected_config MATCHES "qt-armv7"))
 ENDIF()

 IF((_wx_selected_config MATCHES "qt-armv7"))
-  SET(wxWidgets_USE_LIBS base core xml html adv aui)
+  SET(wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS base core xml html adv aui)
 ELSE()
-  SET(wxWidgets_USE_LIBS net xml html adv aui core base webview)
+  SET(wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS net xml html adv aui core base webview)
 ENDIF()

 OPTION (USE_GL "Enable OpenGL support" ON)
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ IF (ARCH MATCHES "arm*" AND (NOT QT_ANDROID) AND CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES ".*Li
     SET(OPENGLES_FOUND "YES")
     SET(OPENGL_FOUND "YES")

-    SET(wxWidgets_USE_LIBS ${wxWidgets_USE_LIBS} gl )
+    SET(wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS ${wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS} gl )
     add_subdirectory(src/glshim)

     SET(OPENGL_LIBRARIES "GL_static" "EGL" "X11" "drm"  )
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ IF(QT_ANDROID)
   SET(OPENGLES_FOUND "YES")
   SET(OPENGL_FOUND "YES")

-  SET(wxWidgets_USE_LIBS ${wxWidgets_USE_LIBS} gl )
+  SET(wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS ${wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS} gl )
   add_subdirectory(src/glshim)
 ENDIF(QT_ANDROID)

@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ IF ((NOT OPENGLES_FOUND) AND (NOT QT_ANDROID))
   ENDIF(USE_GL)

   IF(OPENGL_FOUND)
-    SET(wxWidgets_USE_LIBS gl ${wxWidgets_USE_LIBS} )
+    SET(wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS gl ${wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS} )
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR})

     MESSAGE (STATUS "Found OpenGL...." )
@@ -529,14 +529,14 @@ IF(NOT QT_ANDROID)
   ENDIF(MSVC)

   IF(WIN32 OR APPLE OR QT_ANDROID)
-    FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets COMPONENTS ${wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS})
     if (wxWidgets_FOUND)
       message(STATUS "Found wxWidgets webview add-on")
       add_definitions(-DOCPN_USE_WEBVIEW)
     else ()
-      list(REMOVE_ITEM wxWidgets_USE_LIBS webview)
+      list(REMOVE_ITEM wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS webview)
       message(STATUS "Could not find wxWidgets webview add-on")
-      FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets REQUIRED)
+      FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS})
     endif ()
     IF(MSYS)
       # this is to convert msys to windows paths, and handle the missing /usr
@@ -1053,14 +1053,14 @@ IF(NOT WIN32 AND NOT APPLE AND NOT QT_ANDROID)
     set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS ${wxWidgets_CONFIG_OPTIONS} --toolkit=gtk3)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "Building against GTK3...")
   ENDIF(GTK2_FOUND)
-  FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets)
+  FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets COMPONENTS ${wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS})
   if (wxWidgets_FOUND)
     message(STATUS "Found wxWidgets webview add-on")
     add_definitions(-DOCPN_USE_WEBVIEW)
   else ()
-    list(REMOVE_ITEM wxWidgets_USE_LIBS webview)
+    list(REMOVE_ITEM wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS webview)
     message(STATUS "Could not find wxWidgets webview add-on")
-    FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets REQUIRED)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(wxWidgets REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${wxWidgets_FIND_COMPONENTS})
   endif ()
   MESSAGE (STATUS "Found wxWidgets..." )
   MESSAGE (STATUS " wxWidgets Include: ${wxWidgets_INCLUDE_DIRS}")