diff --git a/cmake/FindJulia.cmake b/cmake/FindJulia.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindJulia.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+if(Julia_FOUND)
+    return()
+endif()
+
+# Looking for Julia executable
+find_program(Julia_EXECUTABLE julia DOC "Julia executable")
+if(NOT Julia_EXECUTABLE)
+    return()
+endif()
+
+# Getting Julia version
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${Julia_EXECUTABLE} --version
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE Julia_VERSION_STRING
+    RESULT_VARIABLE RETURN_CODE
+)
+if(RETURN_CODE EQUAL 0)
+    string(
+        REGEX REPLACE ".*([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+).*" "\\1"
+        Julia_VERSION_STRING ${Julia_VERSION_STRING}
+    )
+else()
+    return()
+endif()
+
+# Julia includes
+execute_process(
+    COMMAND ${Julia_EXECUTABLE} -E "JULIA_HOME"
+    OUTPUT_VARIABLE Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS
+    RESULT_VARIABLE RETURN_CODE
+)
+if(RETURN_CODE EQUAL 0)
+    set(
+        Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS
+        "${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS}/../include/julia"
+    )
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "(\"|\n)" "" Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    string(STRIP Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    set(
+        Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS ${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+        CACHE PATH "Location of Julia include files"
+    )
+else()
+    return()
+endif()
+
+# Checking existance of main header. Some distos provide packages without actual includes
+find_path(Julia_MAIN_HEADER julia.h HINTS ${Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Julia
+    REQUIRED_VARS Julia_EXECUTABLE Julia_MAIN_HEADER Julia_INCLUDE_DIRS
+    VERSION_VAR Julia_VERSION_STRING
+    FAIL_MESSAGE "Julia not found"
+)
diff --git a/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 add_subdirectory(maxima)
 add_subdirectory(octave)
 add_subdirectory(scilab)
-add_subdirectory(julia)
 
 if(NOT WIN32)
     add_subdirectory(sage)
@@ -90,3 +89,15 @@
 if(LUAJIT_FOUND)
     add_subdirectory(lua)
 endif(LUAJIT_FOUND)
+
+set_package_properties(
+    Julia
+    PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing"
+    URL "http://julialang.org/"
+    TYPE OPTIONAL
+    PURPOSE "Backend to use Julia with Cantor.")
+
+find_package(Julia)
+if(Julia_FOUND)
+    add_subdirectory(julia)
+endif()
diff --git a/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/julia/juliaserver/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 add_executable(cantor_juliaserver ${JuliaServer_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(cantor_juliaserver
-    julia
+    ${JULIA_LIBRARY}
     Qt5::Widgets
     Qt5::DBus
 )