diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindAptPkg.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindAptPkg.cmake
index 4ecb219..e36d2bd 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindAptPkg.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindAptPkg.cmake
@@ -1,48 +1,53 @@
 # - find Library for managing Debian package information
 # APTPKG_INCLUDE_DIR - Where to find Library for managing Debian package information header files (directory)
 # APTPKG_LIBRARIES - Library for managing Debian package information libraries
 # APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE - Where the release library is
 # APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG - Where the debug library is
 # APTPKG_FOUND - Set to TRUE if we found everything (library, includes and executable)
 
 # Copyright (c) 2010 David Palacio, <dpalacio@uninorte.edu.co>
 #
 # Redistribution and use is allowed according to the terms of the BSD license.
 # For details see the accompanying COPYING-CMAKE-SCRIPTS file.
 #
 # Generated by CModuler, a CMake Module Generator - http://gitorious.org/cmoduler
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
 IF( APTPKG_INCLUDE_DIR AND APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE AND APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG )
     SET(APTPKG_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
 ENDIF( APTPKG_INCLUDE_DIR AND APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE AND APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG )
 
 FIND_PATH( APTPKG_INCLUDE_DIR apt-pkg/init.h  )
 
 FIND_LIBRARY(APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE NAMES apt-pkg )
 FIND_LIBRARY(APTINST_LIBRARY NAMES apt-inst )
 
+# apt-inst is optional these days!
+IF ( NOT APTINST_LIBRARY )
+    SET( APTINST_LIBRARY "" )
+ENDIF( )
+
 FIND_LIBRARY(APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG NAMES apt-pkg apt-pkgd  HINTS /usr/lib/debug/usr/lib/ )
 
 IF( APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE OR APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND APTPKG_INCLUDE_DIR )
     SET( APTPKG_FOUND TRUE )
 ENDIF( APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE OR APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND APTPKG_INCLUDE_DIR )
 
 IF( APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE )
     # if the generator supports configuration types then set
     # optimized and debug libraries, or if the CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE has a value
     IF( CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE )
         SET( APTPKG_LIBRARIES optimized ${APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE} ${APTINST_LIBRARY} debug ${APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG} )
     ELSE( CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE )
     # if there are no configuration types and CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE has no value
     # then just use the release libraries
         SET( APTPKG_LIBRARIES ${APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE} ${APTINST_LIBRARY} )
     ENDIF( CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES OR CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE )
 ELSEIF( APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE )
     SET( APTPKG_LIBRARIES ${APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE} ${APTINST_LIBRARY})
 ELSE( APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE )
     SET( APTPKG_LIBRARIES ${APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG} ${APTINST_LIBRARY} )
 ENDIF( APTPKG_LIBRARY_DEBUG AND APTPKG_LIBRARY_RELEASE )
 
 find_package_handle_standard_args(AptPkg DEFAULT_MSG APTPKG_LIBRARIES APTPKG_INCLUDE_DIR)