diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index b7906403..6e80d8b8 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ set(WITH_PGSQL
 if(WITH_PGSQL)
   # workaround CMake issue # 17223 (non-essential header lookup)
   set(PostgreSQL_TYPE_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+  set(CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE TRUE)
   find_package(PostgreSQL REQUIRED)
+  set(CMAKE_FIND_DEBUG_MODE FALSE)
   target_sources(sysbench PRIVATE drivers/pgsql/drv_pgsql.c)
   target_compile_definitions(sysbench PRIVATE -DUSE_PGSQL)
   target_link_libraries(sysbench PRIVATE PostgreSQL::PostgreSQL)