diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 62ac9de462..311842635c 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,16 +22,19 @@ enable_testing()
 set(CXX_STD "c++11")
 
 find_package(GTest REQUIRED)
-get_filename_component(GTEST_PATH ${GTEST_LIBRARY} DIRECTORY)
-execute_process(COMMAND grep Version "${GTEST_PATH}/pkgconfig/gtest.pc"
-				RESULT_VARIABLE GTEST_VERSION_RESULT
-				OUTPUT_VARIABLE GTEST_VERSION_OUTPUT)
-if (${GTEST_VERSION_RESULT} EQUAL "0")
-	string(REPLACE " " ";" GTEST_VERSION_STR ${GTEST_VERSION_OUTPUT})
-	list(GET GTEST_VERSION_STR 1 GTEST_VERSION)
-
-	if (${GTEST_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "1.13.0")
-		set(CXX_STD "c++14")
+if (GTest_VERSION VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "1.13.0")
+	set(CXX_STD "c++14")
+else ()
+	get_filename_component(GTEST_PATH ${GTEST_LIBRARY} DIRECTORY ABSOLUTE)
+	execute_process(COMMAND grep Version "${GTEST_PATH}/pkgconfig/gtest.pc"
+					RESULT_VARIABLE GTEST_VERSION_RESULT
+					OUTPUT_VARIABLE GTEST_VERSION_OUTPUT)
+	if (${GTEST_VERSION_RESULT} EQUAL "0")
+		string(REPLACE " " ";" GTEST_VERSION_STR ${GTEST_VERSION_OUTPUT})
+		list(GET GTEST_VERSION_STR 1 GTEST_VERSION)
+		if (${GTEST_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "1.13.0")
+			set(CXX_STD "c++14")
+		endif ()
 	endif ()
 endif ()