diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 73cd961c1..a1f9f17e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -341,6 +341,9 @@ jobs:
           -DSFML_DIR="${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/SFML_INSTALL/lib/cmake/SFML/"
           -DGLFW_INCLUDE_DIR="${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/glfw-${env:GLFW_VERSION}.bin.WIN64/include"
           -DGLFW_LIBRARY="${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/glfw-${env:GLFW_VERSION}.bin.WIN64/lib-vc2019/glfw3_mt.lib"
+          -DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build="${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/freetype-windows-binaries-${env:FREETYPE_VERSION}/include"
+          -FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2="${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/freetype-windows-binaries-${env:FREETYPE_VERSION}/include"
+          -FREETYPE_LIBRARIES="${env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/freetype-windows-binaries-${env:FREETYPE_VERSION}/release static/vs2015-2022/win64/freetype.lib"
 
           & "cmake-${env:CMAKE_VERSION}.${env:CMAKE_VERSION_PATCH}-win64-x64/bin/cmake.exe" --build tests/cmake/build --config Release
 
diff --git a/cmake/TGUIConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/TGUIConfig.cmake.in
index 96b22b33e..a0a2e7d38 100644
--- a/cmake/TGUIConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/TGUIConfig.cmake.in
@@ -153,40 +153,27 @@ if(@TGUI_HAS_FONT_BACKEND_SDL_TTF@)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-# Search for OpenGL when a backend requires it
-if(@TGUI_HAS_RENDERER_BACKEND_OPENGL3@)
-    find_dependency(OpenGL)
-endif()
+# When linking statically, we also need to search for libraries that are linked privately
+if (TGUI_STATIC_LIBRARIES)
+    if(@TGUI_HAS_RENDERER_BACKEND_OPENGL3@)
+        find_dependency(OpenGL)
+    endif()
 
-# Search for FreeType when a backend requires it
-if(@TGUI_HAS_FONT_BACKEND_FREETYPE@)
-    if(TGUI_OS_WINDOWS AND TGUI_COMPILER_MSVC)
-        if(@FREETYPE_WINDOWS_BINARIES_PATH@)
-            if(NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build)
-                set(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build "@FREETYPE_WINDOWS_BINARIES_PATH@/include")
-            endif()
-            if(NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2)
-                set(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2 "@FREETYPE_WINDOWS_BINARIES_PATH@/include")
-            endif()
-            if(NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_LIBRARIES AND NOT DEFINED FREETYPE_LIBRARY_RELEASE)
-                if(@FREETYPE_LIBRARIES@)
-                    set(FREETYPE_LIBRARIES "@FREETYPE_LIBRARIES@")
-                endif()
-            endif()
-        endif()
+    if(@TGUI_HAS_FONT_BACKEND_FREETYPE@)
+        find_dependency(Freetype)
     endif()
 
-    find_dependency(Freetype)
-endif()
+    if(@TGUI_OS_LINUX@)
+        find_dependency(Threads)
+    endif()
 
-# Search for pthreads on Linux (for FileDialog icon loader)
-if(@TGUI_OS_LINUX@)
-    find_dependency(Threads)
-endif()
+    if(@TGUI_OS_LINUX@ AND @TGUI_USE_X11@)
+        find_dependency(X11)
+    endif()
 
-# Search for X11 when a backend requires it
-if(@TGUI_OS_LINUX@ AND @TGUI_USE_X11@)
-    find_dependency(X11)
+    if(@TGUI_USE_SYSTEM_GLAD@)
+        find_dependency(glad CONFIG)
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 # Choose whether the target definitions of static or shared libs must be imported