diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 12b32a2cdda12cb7b4f52eeada730e305b8dd715..5ab913f99a660bfbd6cc26b07c37b595b9e7e98e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@ project(
 # dependencies
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+find_package(xtl 0.7.5 REQUIRED)
+message(STATUS "Found xtl: ${xtl_INCLUDE_DIRS}/xtl")
+
 find_package(xtensor 0.24.4 REQUIRED)
 message(STATUS "Found xtensor: ${xtensor_INCLUDE_DIRS}/xtensor")