diff --git a/cmake/FindQwt6.cmake b/cmake/FindQwt6.cmake
index 4caa4c47ddedc0d98e5c2e60240b9d9983daed33..80ea2e3ae4b7a4d1bbd263e3e65444ad5629bcf3 100644
--- a/cmake/FindQwt6.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindQwt6.cmake
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ if (QWT6_VERSION_FOUND)
       )
  
     if (NOT QWT6_LIBRARY) # if not the specific acg qwt installation was found, try system wide
-      find_library(QWT6_LIBRARY NAMES qwt
+      find_library(QWT6_LIBRARY NAMES qwt qwt-qt5
         PATHS
         /opt/local/libexec/qt5/lib
         /usr/local/qwt/lib