diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindLibevent2.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindLibevent2.cmake
index 00516c0d..b36cc8ff 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindLibevent2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindLibevent2.cmake
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ This module will set the following variables in your project:
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
-    pkg_check_modules(PkgLibevent IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL libevent>=2)
     message("**** PKG_CONFIG_FOUND is TRUE and Build type is " ${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+    pkg_check_modules(PkgLibevent IMPORTED_TARGET GLOBAL libevent>=2)
 endif ()
 
 if (PkgLibevent_FOUND)