diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61f02147722086c32a0cc24d3b6492cacce68ad4..d04627d6deec9a0ca49a6ac7e165519fe36f90fc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ if(NOT fmt_FOUND)
         fmt
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
         GIT_TAG        ${FMT_VERSION}
+        OVERRIDE_FIND_PACKAGE
     )
 
     set(FMT_SYSTEM_HEADERS ON)
diff --git a/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 2c0c746a412643c568ff07d8c50b5f5d8cbf72d5..8257a60633b5a4aef2c565a22a3606acab2803d8 100644
--- a/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/unit_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ endif()
 target_link_libraries(tests${module_name} PRIVATE ${module_name})
 
 target_link_libraries(tests${module_name} PRIVATE Catch2::Catch2WithMain)
+target_link_libraries(tests${module_name} PRIVATE fmt::fmt)
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${catch2_SOURCE_DIR}/extras)
 include(CTest)