diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index eb574bb2..8e2f620d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function(add_cxx_flag_if_supported)
   endforeach()
 endfunction()
 
-find_package(utf8cpp 3.2.0)
+find_package(utf8cpp)
 if(NOT utf8cpp_FOUND)
   include(FetchContent REQUIRED)
   FetchContent_Declare(
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ if(NOT utf8cpp_FOUND)
     )
     FetchContent_MakeAvailable(utf8cpp)
 endif()
+if(TARGET utf8cpp::utf8cpp)
+  set(libebml_utf8cpp_link_libraries utf8cpp::utf8cpp)
+else()
+  set(libebml_utf8cpp_link_libraries $<BUILD_INTERFACE:utf8cpp>)
+endif()
 
 if(DEV_MODE)
   message(STATUS "Using developer mode for ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}")
@@ -138,7 +143,7 @@ if(WIN32)
   target_compile_definitions(ebml PRIVATE _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries(ebml PRIVATE $<BUILD_INTERFACE:utf8cpp>)
+target_link_libraries(ebml PRIVATE ${libebml_utf8cpp_link_libraries})
 
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.20")
   if(${CMAKE_CXX_BYTE_ORDER} STREQUAL "BIG_ENDIAN")
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 08543424..e334de63 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
   parent projects via `add_subdirectory`.
 * Enabled building shared libraries via the usual CMake definition
   `BUILD_SHARES_LIBS` (default: off).
+* Fixed cmake rules for building with utf8cpp 4.x; fixes #344
 
 # Version 1.4.3 2022-09-30