diff -urN a/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt	2018-08-28 12:20:33.000000000 +0100
+++ b/openvdb/CMakeLists.txt	2018-08-28 12:25:19.807755722 +0100
@@ -83,11 +83,12 @@
   ADD_DEFINITIONS ( -DBOOST_ALL_NO_LIB )
 ENDIF ()
 
+FIND_PACKAGE ( PkgConfig REQUIRED )
 FIND_PACKAGE ( Blosc REQUIRED )
 FIND_PACKAGE ( TBB REQUIRED )
 FIND_PACKAGE ( ZLIB REQUIRED )
-FIND_PACKAGE ( ILMBase REQUIRED )
-FIND_PACKAGE ( OpenEXR REQUIRED )
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES ( ILMBASE_LIBS REQUIRED IlmBase )
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES ( OPENEXR_LIBS REQUIRED OpenEXR )
 FIND_PACKAGE ( OpenGL REQUIRED )
 IF (OPENVDB_BUILD_DOCS)
   FIND_PACKAGE ( Doxygen REQUIRED )
@@ -111,8 +112,8 @@
   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 ENDIF ()
 
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${ILMBASE_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${ILMBASE_LIBS_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${OPENEXR_LIBS_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${GLFW_INCLUDE_DIRECTORY} )
 
 IF (WIN32)
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@
   ${Boost_IOSTREAMS_LIBRARY}
   ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
   ${Tbb_TBB_LIBRARY}
-  ${Ilmbase_HALF_LIBRARY}
+  ${ILMBASE_LIBS_LDFLAGS}
   ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
   ${BLOSC_blosc_LIBRARY}
   )
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@
   ${Boost_IOSTREAMS_LIBRARY}
   ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY}
   ${Tbb_TBB_LIBRARY}
-  ${Ilmbase_HALF_LIBRARY}
+  ${ILMBASE_LIBS_LDFLAGS}
   ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
   ${BLOSC_blosc_LIBRARY}
   )
@@ -246,9 +247,8 @@
   openvdb_shared
   ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT}
   ${BLOSC_blosc_LIBRARY}
-  ${Openexr_ILMIMF_LIBRARY}
-  ${Ilmbase_ILMTHREAD_LIBRARY}
-  ${Ilmbase_IEX_LIBRARY}
+  ${OPENEXR_LIBS_LDFLAGS}
+  ${ILMBASE_LIBS_LDFLAGS}
   m
   stdc++
   )
diff -urN a/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt b/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt	2018-08-28 12:20:33.000000000 +0100
+++ b/openvdb/python/CMakeLists.txt	2018-08-28 12:25:19.808755721 +0100
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
 IF ( NOT OPENVDB_BUILD_CORE )
   FIND_PACKAGE ( OpenVDB REQUIRED )
 
-  FIND_PACKAGE ( ILMBase REQUIRED )
-  FIND_PACKAGE ( OpenEXR REQUIRED )
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES ( ILMBASE_LIBS REQUIRED IlmBase )
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES ( OPENEXR_LIBS REQUIRED OpenEXR )
   FIND_PACKAGE ( Blosc REQUIRED )
   FIND_PACKAGE ( TBB REQUIRED )
   FIND_PACKAGE ( ZLIB REQUIRED )
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
   SET ( OPENVDB_LIB openvdb_shared)
 ENDIF ( NOT OPENVDB_BUILD_CORE )
 
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${ILMBASE_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${ILMBASE_LIBS_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${OPENEXR_LIBS_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${BLOSC_INCLUDE_DIR} )
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ( SYSTEM ${TBB_INCLUDE_DIR} )
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@
   ${GLEW_GLEW_LIBRARY}
   ${Boost_PYTHON_LIBRARY}
   ${PYTHON_LIBRARY}
-  ${Ilmbase_HALF_LIBRARY}
+  ${ILMBASE_LIBS_LDFLAGS}
   )
 
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES ( pyopenvdb PROPERTIES