diff --git i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/CMakeLists.txt w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/CMakeLists.txt
index fe1600aa..dcc329f8 100644
--- i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,8 +22,9 @@ find_library (ZEROMQ_LIBRARY NAMES zmq)
 find_path (ZMQPP_INCLUDE_DIR zmqpp.hpp)
 find_library (ZMQPP_LIBRARY NAMES zmqpp)
 
-find_path (JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIR json.h)
-find_library (JSONCPP_LIBRARY NAMES jsoncpp)
+# https://github.com/open-source-parsers/jsoncpp/wiki/Building#another-approach-for-cmake
+find_package(jsoncpp REQUIRED)
+get_target_property(JSON_INC_PATH jsoncpp_lib INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
 
 find_package (OpenSSL)
 find_package (Boost REQUIRED date_time filesystem)
@@ -31,6 +32,6 @@ find_package (Boost REQUIRED date_time filesystem)
 include_directories (include)
 
 add_executable (yacas-kernel src/main.cpp src/yacas_kernel.cpp src/yacas_engine.cpp src/hmac_sha256.cpp src/base64.cpp)
-target_link_libraries (yacas-kernel libyacas ${ZMQPP_LIBRARY} ${ZEROMQ_LIBRARY} ${JSONCPP_LIBRARY} ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} pthread ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
+target_link_libraries (yacas-kernel libyacas ${ZMQPP_LIBRARY} ${ZEROMQ_LIBRARY} jsoncpp_lib ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} ${Boost_LIBRARIES} pthread ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 install (TARGETS yacas-kernel DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
diff --git i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/include/yacas_kernel.hpp w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/include/yacas_kernel.hpp
index 91d36ac0..d12f905c 100644
--- i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/include/yacas_kernel.hpp
+++ w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/include/yacas_kernel.hpp
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 #include "yacas_engine.hpp"
 
 #include <boost/uuid/random_generator.hpp>
-#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
+#include <json/json.h>
 #include <zmqpp/zmqpp.hpp>
 
 #include <map>
diff --git i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/main.cpp w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/main.cpp
index c31f17f2..832e9128 100644
--- i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/main.cpp
+++ w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/main.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 #include "yacas_kernel.hpp"
 
-#include <jsoncpp/json/json.h>
+#include <json/json.h>
 
 #include <boost/dll/runtime_symbol_info.hpp>
 
diff --git i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/yacas_engine.cpp w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/yacas_engine.cpp
index 6ed60ca3..18e9b3fd 100644
--- i/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/yacas_engine.cpp
+++ w/cyacas/yacas-kernel/src/yacas_engine.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
  * Created on November 7, 2015, 12:52 PM
  */
 
-#include <jsoncpp/json/writer.h>
+#include <json/writer.h>
 
 #include "yacas_engine.hpp"