diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e3b04d4..3c53543 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ project(cellar CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
+# local cmake modules
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules)
+
 # for installation rules, from CMake wiki
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cellar")
 
@@ -11,6 +14,9 @@ SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib/cellar")
 SET(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE)
 
 find_package(PythonInterp)
+find_package(PythonModule)
+find_python_module(cogapp REQUIRED)
+
 find_package(Boost 1.63 REQUIRED COMPONENTS filesystem)
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindPythonModule.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindPythonModule.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a024118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindPythonModule.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Find if a Python module is installed
+# Found at http://www.cmake.org/pipermail/cmake/2011-January/041666.html
+# To use do: find_python_module(PyQt4 REQUIRED)
+function(find_python_module module)
+	string(TOUPPER ${module} module_upper)
+	if(NOT PY_${module_upper})
+		if(ARGC GREATER 1 AND ARGV1 STREQUAL "REQUIRED")
+			set(${module}_FIND_REQUIRED TRUE)
+		endif()
+		# A module's location is usually a directory, but for binary modules
+		# it's a .so file.
+		execute_process(COMMAND "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}" "-c" 
+			"import re, ${module}; print(re.compile('/__init__.py.*').sub('',${module}.__file__))"
+			RESULT_VARIABLE _${module}_status 
+			OUTPUT_VARIABLE _${module}_location
+			ERROR_QUIET 
+			OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
+		if(NOT _${module}_status)
+			set(PY_${module_upper} ${_${module}_location} CACHE STRING 
+				"Location of Python module ${module}")
+		endif(NOT _${module}_status)
+	endif(NOT PY_${module_upper})
+	find_package_handle_standard_args(PY_${module} DEFAULT_MSG PY_${module_upper})
+endfunction(find_python_module)
+