diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 396f4b68..61bd253b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ function(use_libuv)
         else(libuv_FOUND)
             find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
             if (PkgConfig_FOUND)
-                pkg_check_modules(libuv IMPORTED_TARGET libuv>=${LIBUV_VERSION})
+                pkg_check_modules(libuv IMPORTED_TARGET libuv>=${UVW_LIBUV_VERSION})
                 if (libuv_FOUND)
                     add_library(uv::uv-shared ALIAS PkgConfig::libuv)
                     set(UVW_FETCH_LIBUV_DEFAULT OFF)