diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 5bdd5d9b4..3af6c5f5a 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,4 +44,5 @@ endif()
 add_subdirectory(db_drivers)
 add_subdirectory(easylogging++)
 add_subdirectory(qrcodegen)
-add_subdirectory(randomx EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+find_library(RANDOMX_LIBRARY randomx)
+find_package(RapidJSON)