diff --git a/cmake/PCRE2.cmake b/cmake/PCRE2.cmake
index 23f483551..9121916d0 100644
--- a/cmake/PCRE2.cmake
+++ b/cmake/PCRE2.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ SET(PCRE2_BUILD_PCRE2GREP OFF CACHE BOOL "Build pcre2grep")
 
 
 SET(PCRE2_MIN_VERSION 10.21)
-FIND_LIBRARY(PCRE2_LIB pcre2-${PCRE2_WIDTH})
-FIND_PATH(PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR pcre2.h)
+IF (NOT APPLE)
+  FIND_LIBRARY(PCRE2_LIB pcre2-${PCRE2_WIDTH})
+  FIND_PATH(PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR pcre2.h)
+ENDIF()
 IF (PCRE2_LIB AND PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR)
   MESSAGE(STATUS "Found system PCRE2 library ${PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 ELSE()
@@ -16,5 +18,5 @@ ELSE()
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(pcre2-10.32 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
   SET(PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/pcre2-10.32/)
   SET(PCRE2_LIB pcre2-${PCRE2_WIDTH})
-endif(PCRE2_LIB AND PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR)
+ENDIF(PCRE2_LIB AND PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR)
 INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PCRE2_INCLUDE_DIR})