diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b3d6e4b..50ba622 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -89,12 +89,11 @@ pkg_check_modules(
   hyprutils>=0.8.0
   sdbus-c++>=2.0.0
   hyprgraphics>=0.1.6)
-find_library(PAM_FOUND pam)
+find_library(PAM_FOUND NAMES pam libpam)
 if(PAM_FOUND)
-  message(STATUS "Found pam")
   set(PAM_LIB ${PAM_FOUND})
 else()
-  pkg_check_modules(PAM IMPORTED_TARGET pam)
+  pkg_check_modules(PAM IMPORTED_TARGET pam libpam)
   if(PAM_FOUND)
     set(PAM_LIB PkgConfig::PAM)
   else()
@@ -102,6 +101,8 @@ else()
   endif()
 endif()
 
+message(STATUS "Found pam at ${PAM_LIB}")
+
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRCFILES CONFIGURE_DEPENDS "src/*.cpp")
 add_executable(hyprlock ${SRCFILES})
 target_link_libraries(hyprlock PRIVATE ${PAM_LIB} rt Threads::Threads PkgConfig::deps