diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 271cd840..03901731 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ project(ZNC VERSION 1.7.0)
 set(ZNC_VERSION 1.7.x)
 set(append_git_version true)
 set(alpha_version "") # e.g. "-rc1"
+set(VERSION_EXTRA "" CACHE STRING
+	"Additional string appended to version, e.g. to mark distribution")
 
 set(PROJECT_VERSION "${ZNC_VERSION}")
 
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ macro(summary_line text var)
 	endif()
 endmacro()
 set(summary_lines
-	"ZNC ${ZNC_VERSION}${alpha_version} configured"
+	"ZNC ${ZNC_VERSION}${VERSION_EXTRA}${alpha_version} configured"
 	" "
 	"Prefix    : ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}")
 summary_line("SSL      " "${OPENSSL_FOUND}")
diff --git a/include/znc/version.h b/include/znc/version.h
index f7d40e47..bb866459 100644
--- a/include/znc/version.h
+++ b/include/znc/version.h
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 // Don't use this one
 #define VERSION (VERSION_MAJOR + VERSION_MINOR / 10.0)
 
-// You can add -DVERSION_EXTRA="stuff" to your CXXFLAGS!
+// autoconf: You can add -DVERSION_EXTRA="stuff" to your CXXFLAGS!
+// CMake: You can add -DVERSION_EXTRA=stuff to cmake!
 #ifndef VERSION_EXTRA
 #define VERSION_EXTRA ""
 #endif
diff --git a/include/znc/zncconfig.h.cmake.in b/include/znc/zncconfig.h.cmake.in
index de955d90..2fef4db1 100644
--- a/include/znc/zncconfig.h.cmake.in
+++ b/include/znc/zncconfig.h.cmake.in
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #define VERSION_MINOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
 #define VERSION_PATCH @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
 #define VERSION_STR "@PROJECT_VERSION@"
+#define VERSION_EXTRA "@VERSION_EXTRA@"
 
 #cmakedefine _GLIBCXX_DEBUG 1
 #cmakedefine _GLIBCXX_DEBUG_PEDANTIC 1
diff --git a/test/integration/main.cpp b/test/integration/main.cpp
index daaa7a25..613f25df 100644
--- a/test/integration/main.cpp
+++ b/test/integration/main.cpp
@@ -318,7 +318,8 @@ class ZNCTest : public testing::Test {
             out << content;
             file.close();
             Process p(
-                ZNC_BIN_DIR "/znc-buildmod", QStringList() << file.fileName(),
+                ZNC_BIN_DIR "/znc-buildmod",
+                QStringList() << "--verbose" << file.fileName(),
                 [&](QProcess* proc) {
                     proc->setWorkingDirectory(dir.absolutePath());
                     proc->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
@@ -1874,7 +1875,8 @@ TEST_F(ZNCTest, BuildMod) {
     EXPECT_TRUE(dir.cd("modules"));
     {
         Process p(ZNC_BIN_DIR "/znc-buildmod",
-                  QStringList() << srcdir.filePath("file-not-found.cpp"),
+                  QStringList() << "--verbose"
+                                << srcdir.filePath("file-not-found.cpp"),
                   [&](QProcess* proc) {
                       proc->setWorkingDirectory(dir.absolutePath());
                       proc->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
@@ -1883,7 +1885,8 @@ TEST_F(ZNCTest, BuildMod) {
     }
     {
         Process p(ZNC_BIN_DIR "/znc-buildmod",
-                  QStringList() << srcdir.filePath("testmod.cpp"),
+                  QStringList() << "--verbose"
+                                << srcdir.filePath("testmod.cpp"),
                   [&](QProcess* proc) {
                       proc->setWorkingDirectory(dir.absolutePath());
                       proc->setProcessChannelMode(QProcess::ForwardedChannels);
diff --git a/znc-buildmod.cmake.in b/znc-buildmod.cmake.in
index f3dbe8d5..7fb5a03c 100755
--- a/znc-buildmod.cmake.in
+++ b/znc-buildmod.cmake.in
@@ -58,8 +58,8 @@ with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as cmdir:
     with open(os.path.join(cmdir, 'CMakeLists.txt'), 'w') as cm:
         print('cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)', file=cm)
         print('project(ExternalModules)', file=cm)
-        print('find_package(ZNC @ZNC_VERSION_MAJOR@.@ZNC_VERSION_MINOR@ PATHS '
-                '@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR@/znc)', file=cm)
+        print('find_package(ZNC @ZNC_VERSION_MAJOR@.@ZNC_VERSION_MINOR@ HINTS '
+            '@CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATADIR@/znc REQUIRED)', file=cm)
         if args.verbose > 0:
             print('set(CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE true)', file=cm)