diff --git a/cmake/FindPIP.cmake b/cmake/FindPIP.cmake
index 89ea09bf..b1bfe07f 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPIP.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPIP.cmake
@@ -66,15 +66,21 @@ if("${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}" STREQUAL "Linux")
 endif()
 
 if(NOT PIP_VERSION)
-	file(STRINGS "${PIP_INCLUDES}/pip_version_str.h" _VERSION REGEX "\".*\"")
-	string(REGEX MATCH "\".*\"" _VERSION ${_VERSION})
-	string(LENGTH ${_VERSION} SL)
-	math(EXPR SL ${SL}-2)
-	string(SUBSTRING ${_VERSION} 1 ${SL} _VERSION)
-	set(PIP_VERSION ${_VERSION} CACHE STRING "VERSION")
-	if (NOT _PIP_MSG)
-		set(_PIP_MSG 1 CACHE BOOL "msg_pip" FORCE)
-		message(STATUS "Found PIP version ${PIP_VERSION} (${PIP_LIBRARY})")
+	include(CheckSymbolExists)
+	check_symbol_exists(PIP_VERSION_NAME "${PIP_INCLUDES}/piversion.h" HAVE_PIP_VERSION)
+	if (HAVE_PIP_VERSION)
+		file(STRINGS "${PIP_INCLUDES}/piversion.h" _VERSION REGEX "^[ \t]*#define[ \t]+PIP_VERSION_NAME+[ \t]+.*$")
+		string(REGEX MATCH "\".*\"" _VERSION ${_VERSION})
+		string(LENGTH ${_VERSION} SL)
+		math(EXPR SL ${SL}-2)
+		string(SUBSTRING ${_VERSION} 1 ${SL} _VERSION)
+		set(PIP_VERSION ${_VERSION} CACHE STRING "VERSION")
+		if (NOT _PIP_MSG)
+			set(_PIP_MSG 1 CACHE BOOL "msg_pip" FORCE)
+			message(STATUS "Found PIP version ${PIP_VERSION} (${PIP_LIBRARY})")
+		endif()
+	else()
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "PIP not found")
 	endif()
 endif()
 if(PIP_FIND_VERSION VERSION_GREATER PIP_VERSION)