diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 62a56371b..e40737900 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ else(POLARSSL_FOUND)
       set(SEC_LIBRARIES    "${MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES}")
     endif(BUILD_STATIC)
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_MBEDTLS)
+  else(MBEDTLS_FOUND)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Either polarssl or mbedtls is required to compile srsLTE")
   endif (MBEDTLS_FOUND)
 endif(POLARSSL_FOUND)
 
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindMbedTLS.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindMbedTLS.cmake
index 11499bad4..2c9464e79 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindMbedTLS.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindMbedTLS.cmake
@@ -50,5 +50,5 @@ message(STATUS "MBEDTLS STATIC LIBRARIES: " ${MBEDTLS_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
 message(STATUS "MBEDTLS INCLUDE DIRS: " ${MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(MBEDTLS DEFAULT_MSG MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES MBEDTLS_STATIC_LIBRARIES MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(MBEDTLS DEFAULT_MSG MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(MBEDTLS_LIBRARIES MBEDTLS_STATIC_LIBRARIES MBEDTLS_INCLUDE_DIRS)
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindPolarssl.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindPolarssl.cmake
index 6e6c5c2cb..58f21d13e 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindPolarssl.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindPolarssl.cmake
@@ -49,5 +49,5 @@ message(STATUS "POLARSSL STATIC LIBRARIES: " ${POLARSSL_STATIC_LIBRARIES})
 message(STATUS "POLARSSL INCLUDE DIRS: " ${POLARSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(POLARSSL DEFAULT_MSG POLARSSL_LIBRARIES POLARSSL_STATIC_LIBRARIES POLARSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(POLARSSL DEFAULT_MSG POLARSSL_LIBRARIES POLARSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 MARK_AS_ADVANCED(POLARSSL_STATIC_LIBRARIES POLARSSL_LIBRARIES POLARSSL_INCLUDE_DIRS)