if(NOT IMITATOR_IS_EXTERNAL_PROJECT)
  set(IMITATOR_PREFIX "" CACHE PATH "The path to the prefix of an libimitator installation")
  set(IMITATOR_INCLUDE_DIR "" CACHE PATH "The path to the headers of an libimitator installation")
  set(IMITATOR_LIBRARY_DIR "" CACHE PATH "The path to the library of an libimitator installation")

  set(_search_paths "")
  if(IMITATOR_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS ${IMITATOR_INCLUDE_DIR})
    list(APPEND _search_paths ${IMITATOR_INCLUDE_DIR})
  endif()
  if(IMITATOR_PREFIX AND EXISTS ${IMITATOR_PREFIX})
    list(APPEND _search_paths "${IMITATOR_PREFIX}/include")
  endif()
  find_path(
    IMITATOR_INCLUDE_DIRS
    NAMES imitator/imitator.hpp
    PATHS ${_search_paths})

  set(_search_paths "")
  if(IMITATOR_LIBRARY_DIR AND EXISTS ${IMITATOR_LIBRARY_DIR})
    list(APPEND _search_paths ${IMITATOR_LIBRARY_DIR})
  endif()
  if(IMITATOR_PREFIX AND EXISTS ${IMITATOR_PREFIX})
    list(APPEND _search_paths "${IMITATOR_PREFIX}/lib")
  endif()
  find_library(
    IMITATOR_LIBRARIES
    NAMES imitator
    PATHS ${_search_paths})
  unset(_search_paths)

  if(IMITATOR_INCLUDE_DIRS AND IMITATOR_LIBRARIES)
    set(IMITATOR_FOUND TRUE)
  endif()

  if(IMITATOR_FOUND)
    if(NOT IMITATOR_FIND_QUIETLY)
      message(STATUS "Found libimitator")
    endif()
    set(HAVE_IMITATOR 1)
  elseif(IMITATOR_FOUND)
    if(IMITATOR_FIND_REQUIRED)
      message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find libimitator")
    endif()
  endif()
endif()