diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bf42cd0..5b86d15 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 option(nanopb_BUILD_GENERATOR "Build the protoc plugin for code generation" ON)
 option(nanopb_MSVC_STATIC_RUNTIME "Link static runtime libraries" ON)
 
-find_program(nanopb_PROTOC_PATH protoc)
+find_program(nanopb_PROTOC_PATH protoc HINTS generator-bin generator)
 if(NOT EXISTS ${nanopb_PROTOC_PATH})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "protoc compiler not found")
 endif()