diff --git a/libmambapy/CMakeLists.txt b/libmambapy/CMakeLists.txt
index ae27560c0..5b579d433 100644
--- a/libmambapy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmambapy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ cmake_policy(SET CMP0077 NEW)
 project(libmambapy)
 
 find_package(pybind11 REQUIRED)
-find_package(libmamba REQUIRED)
+if(NOT TARGET libmamba)
+    find_package(libmamba REQUIRED)
+endif ()
 
 pybind11_add_module(bindings
     src/main.cpp
diff --git a/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt b/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt
index 15779e745..ef0558d08 100644
--- a/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/micromamba/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,9 @@ set(MICROMAMBA_HEADERS
 
 add_executable(micromamba ${MICROMAMBA_SRCS} ${MICROMAMBA_HEADERS})
 
-find_package(libmamba REQUIRED)
+if(NOT (TARGET libmamba OR TARGET libmamba-static OR TARGET libmamba-full-static))
+    find_package(libmamba REQUIRED)
+endif ()
 
 string(TOUPPER "${MICROMAMBA_LINKAGE}" linkage_upper)
 if (NOT ${linkage_upper} MATCHES "^(DYNAMIC|STATIC|FULL_STATIC)$")