diff --git a/CMake/FindBlitz.cmake b/CMake/FindBlitz.cmake
index fb25bb2f95bb7278c6ec75745b9be37c1e2af4bb..9aedff05532752d518ea58596efffdd0eb9f36f8 100644
--- a/CMake/FindBlitz.cmake
+++ b/CMake/FindBlitz.cmake
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
 
 if(NOT BLITZ_FOUND)
 
-  find_path(BLITZ_INCLUDE_DIR blitz/blitz.h)
-  find_library(BLITZ_LIBRARY blitz)
+  find_path(BLITZ_INCLUDE_DIR blitz/blitz.h
+    HINTS ${BLITZ_ROOT_DIR} PATH_SUFFIXES include)
+  find_library(BLITZ_LIBRARY blitz
+    HINTS ${BLITZ_ROOT_DIR} PATH_SUFFIXES lib)
   mark_as_advanced(BLITZ_INCLUDE_DIR BLITZ_LIBRARY)
-  
+
   include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
   find_package_handle_standard_args(Blitz DEFAULT_MSG
     BLITZ_LIBRARY BLITZ_INCLUDE_DIR)