diff --git a/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake b/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake
index ee2972915..c084c967e 100644
--- a/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindMySQL.cmake
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # MYSQL_EMBEDDED_LIBRARIES - The MySQL embedded library
 # MYSQL_EMBEDDED_INCLUDE_DIR - Path to MySQL headers
 
-find_file(MYSQL_EMBEDDED_VERSION_H mysql_version.h PATHS ${MYSQL_EMBEDDED_INCLUDE_DIR} PATH_SUFFIXES mysql)
+find_file(MYSQL_EMBEDDED_VERSION_H mysql_version.h HINTS ${MYSQL_EMBEDDED_INCLUDE_DIR} PATH_SUFFIXES mysql)
 if(MYSQL_EMBEDDED_VERSION_H MATCHES "MYSQL_EMBEDDED_VERSION_H-NOTFOUND")
   message(FATAL_ERROR "Cannot find the mysql_version.h header")
 else()