diff --git a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index 4cd76b4ff..13b3d7e43 100644
--- a/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,9 +89,10 @@ yosys_core(kernel
 	yw.cc
 	yw.h
 	INCLUDE_DIRS
+		$<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${YOSYS_WITH_PKG_DEPS}>>:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libs/cxxopts/include/>
 		${pybind11_INCLUDE_DIR}
 	LIBRARIES
-		cxxopts
+		$<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${YOSYS_WITH_PKG_DEPS}>>:cxxopts>
 		$<${YOSYS_ENABLE_PLUGINS}:${Dlfcn_LIBRARIES}>
 		$<${YOSYS_ENABLE_ZLIB}:PkgConfig::zlib>
 		$<${YOSYS_ENABLE_READLINE}:PkgConfig::readline>
diff --git a/kernel/driver.cc b/kernel/driver.cc
index 2a4ad1295..7bb67ffea 100644
--- a/kernel/driver.cc
+++ b/kernel/driver.cc
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
 #include "kernel/hashlib.h"
 #include "libs/sha1/sha1.h"
 #define CXXOPTS_VECTOR_DELIMITER '\0'
-#include "libs/cxxopts/include/cxxopts.hpp"
+#include <cxxopts.hpp>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <chrono>
 
diff --git a/libs/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/CMakeLists.txt
index fd82239ec..4dc97df3d 100644
--- a/libs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 add_subdirectory(bigint)
-add_subdirectory(cxxopts)
+if (NOT YOSYS_WITH_PKG_DEPS)
+    add_subdirectory(cxxopts)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(dlfcn-win32)
 add_subdirectory(ezsat)
 add_subdirectory(fst)