diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 08162bb48a..e0466da3bd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@ if (ARCHITECTURE_x86 OR ARCHITECTURE_x86_64)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR ENABLE_QT_UPDATE_CHECKER)
-    find_package(httplib)
+    # Workaround: httplib will kill itself if you attempt to do a find_package propagation
+    # find_package(httplib CONFIG)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
diff --git a/externals/cpmfile.json b/externals/cpmfile.json
index dde8c22d5f..669357588a 100644
--- a/externals/cpmfile.json
+++ b/externals/cpmfile.json
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@
         "repo": "yhirose/cpp-httplib",
         "tag": "v%VERSION%",
         "hash": "b364500f76e2ecb0fe21b032d831272e3f1dfeea71af74e325f8fc4ce9dcdb3c941b97a5b422bdeafb9facd058597b90f8bfc284fb9afe3c33fefa15dd5a010b",
-        "git_version": "0.26.0"
+        "git_version": "0.26.0",
+        "find_args": "MODULE GLOBAL"
     },
     "cpp-jwt": {
         "version": "1.4",