diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,4 +150,4 @@
 
 install(FILES org.kde.kdevelop.appdata.xml DESTINATION ${KDE_INSTALL_METAINFODIR})
 
-feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
+feature_summary(WHAT ALL INCLUDE_QUIET_PACKAGES FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)
diff --git a/analyzers/cppcheck/CMakeLists.txt b/analyzers/cppcheck/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/analyzers/cppcheck/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/analyzers/cppcheck/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kdevcppcheck\")
 
+find_package(Cppcheck QUIET)
+set_package_properties(Cppcheck PROPERTIES
+    DESCRIPTION "A tool for static C/C++ code analysis"
+    URL "http://cppcheck.sourceforge.net/"
+    PURPOSE "Required for the Cppcheck plugin"
+    TYPE RUNTIME
+)
+
 include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
 )
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindCppcheck.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindCppcheck.cmake
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindCppcheck.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+# Find the cppcheck executable
+#
+# Defines the following variables
+#  Cppcheck_EXECUTABLE - path of the Cppcheck executable
+
+#=============================================================================
+# Copyright 2017 Friedrich W. H. Kossebau <kossebau@kde.org>
+#
+# Distributed under the OSI-approved BSD License (the "License");
+# see accompanying file Copyright.txt for details.
+#
+# This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the
+# implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
+# See the License for more information.
+#=============================================================================
+
+find_program(Cppcheck_EXECUTABLE NAMES cppcheck)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Cppcheck DEFAULT_MSG Cppcheck_EXECUTABLE)
+
+mark_as_advanced(Cppcheck_EXECUTABLE)