diff --git a/src/plugins/PamAuth/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/PamAuth/CMakeLists.txt
index 9149718..6143bab 100644
--- a/src/plugins/PamAuth/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/PamAuth/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,18 +9,11 @@ add_3proxy_plugin(PamAuth
     SOURCES pamauth.c
 )
 
-if(3PROXY_STATIC_LINK)
-    set(_saved_cmake_find_library_suffixes ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES})
-    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ".a")
-    find_library(_pam_static_lib pam)
-    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_SUFFIXES ${_saved_cmake_find_library_suffixes})
-    if(_pam_static_lib)
-        target_link_libraries(PamAuth PRIVATE -Wl,-Bstatic ${_pam_static_lib} -Wl,-Bdynamic)
-        message(STATUS "PamAuth: static PAM")
-    else()
-        message(WARNING "3PROXY_STATIC_LINK is ON but static PAM not found, using dynamic")
-        target_link_libraries(PamAuth PRIVATE PAM::PAM)
-    endif()
-else()
+if(TARGET PAM::PAM)
     target_link_libraries(PamAuth PRIVATE PAM::PAM)
+else()
+    target_link_libraries(PamAuth PRIVATE ${PAM_LIBRARIES})
+    if(PAM_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+        target_include_directories(PamAuth PRIVATE ${PAM_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+    endif()
 endif()