diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71186a58281..03508791623 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1632,7 +1632,7 @@ if(WITH_PYTHON)
   if(WIN32 OR APPLE)
     # pass, we have this in lib/python/site-packages
   elseif(WITH_PYTHON_INSTALL_REQUESTS)
-    find_python_package(requests)
+    find_python_package(requests "")
   endif()
 endif()