diff --git a/LCS/MessageDaemons/CMakeLists.txt b/LCS/MessageDaemons/CMakeLists.txt
index 10c73267c9ec01992b7b6a78da5c950066b8a042..d6d6a3731b5b3f82ee25234b8661bdf75f88e34d 100644
--- a/LCS/MessageDaemons/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/LCS/MessageDaemons/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 lofar_package(MessageDaemons 1.0 DEPENDS MessageBus)
 
+include(LofarFindPackage)
+lofar_find_package(QPID REQUIRED) # MessageBus may be able to fake it without QPID, but running the daemons without QPID is ridiculous.
+
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(test)
 add_subdirectory(webmonitor)