diff --git a/drape/drape_tests/CMakeLists.txt b/drape/drape_tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 377426e8cd..aa22c2ac88 100644
--- a/drape/drape_tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/drape/drape_tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,7 +31,10 @@ target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME}
   PRIVATE GTEST_DONT_DEFINE_TEST WITH_GL_MOCK
 )
 
-if (NOT WITH_SYSTEM_PROVIDED_3PARTY)
+if (WITH_SYSTEM_PROVIDED_3PARTY)
+  find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} GTest::gtest)
+else()
   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../../3party/googletest" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/googletest")
 endif()