diff --git a/src/gui/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders.cmake b/src/gui/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders.cmake
index f1d42a55f5..957f9b2b74 100644
--- a/src/gui/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders.cmake
+++ b/src/gui/libcloudproviders/libcloudproviders.cmake
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
-find_package(Libcloudproviders)
-find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
-pkg_search_module(GIO gio-2.0)
 
 # The cloudproviders feature can only be enabled if the libcloudproviders
-# and gio-2.0 libraries are available
+# and gio-2.0 libraries are available, and failure due to any missing
+# dependency should be graceful.
 set(LIBCLOUDPROVIDERS_POSSIBLE "")
-if(LIBCLOUDPROVIDERS_FOUND AND GIO_FOUND)
-    set(LIBCLOUDPROVIDERS_POSSIBLE "1")
+find_package(Libcloudproviders)
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+if(LIBCLOUDPROVIDERS_FOUND AND PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+    pkg_search_module(GIO gio-2.0)
+    if(GIO_FOUND)
+        set(LIBCLOUDPROVIDERS_POSSIBLE "1")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # User visible config switch