diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindGverb.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindGverb.cmake
index 904813c007..80aca29b93 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindGverb.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindGverb.cmake
@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@ else ()
 
   if (GVERB_FOUND)
     if (NOT GVERB_FIND_QUIETLY)
-      message(STATUS "Found Gverb... ${GVERB_LIBRARIES}")
+      message(STATUS "Found Gverb: ${GVERB_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
     endif (NOT GVERB_FIND_QUIETLY)
   else ()
     if (GVERB_FIND_REQUIRED)
-      message(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find Gverb")
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find Gverb")
     endif (GVERB_FIND_REQUIRED)
   endif ()
 
diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index 3caa7c470e..8674dd484a 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ set(TARGET_NAME interface)
 project(${TARGET_NAME})
 
 # set a default root dir for each of our optional externals if it was not passed
-set(OPTIONAL_EXTERNALS "Faceplus" "Faceshift" "LibOVR" "PrioVR" "Sixense" "Visage" "LeapMotion" "RtMidi" "Qxmpp" "SDL2")
+set(OPTIONAL_EXTERNALS "Faceplus" "Faceshift" "LibOVR" "PrioVR" "Sixense" "Visage" "LeapMotion" "RtMidi" "Qxmpp" "SDL2" "GVERB")
 foreach(EXTERNAL ${OPTIONAL_EXTERNALS})
   string(TOUPPER ${EXTERNAL} ${EXTERNAL}_UPPERCASE)
   if (NOT ${${EXTERNAL}_UPPERCASE}_ROOT_DIR)