diff --git a/cmake/pcre.cmake b/cmake/pcre.cmake
index acad45bd..63527990 100644
--- a/cmake/pcre.cmake
+++ b/cmake/pcre.cmake
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ else ()
     find_package(PkgConfig)
     pkg_check_modules(PCRE libpcre=${PCRE_REQUIRED_VERSION})
     if (PCRE_FOUND)
+        set(CORRECT_PCRE_VERSION TRUE)
         message(STATUS "PCRE version ${PCRE_REQUIRED_VERSION}")
     else ()
         message(STATUS "PCRE version ${PCRE_REQUIRED_VERSION} not found")