diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_OpenSSL_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_OpenSSL_Config.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ade27a6dc0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_OpenSSL_Config.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+find_package(OpenSSL COMPONENTS ${OpenSSL_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS_BY_MODULE} REQUIRED)
+
+foreach(openssl_component ${OpenSSL_REQUIRED_COMPONENTS_BY_MODULE})
+  list(APPEND ALL_LIBRARIES "OpenSSL::${openssl_component}")
+endforeach()
diff --git a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_cpprestsdk_Config.cmake b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_cpprestsdk_Config.cmake
index e69de29bb2..7764cec563 100644
--- a/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_cpprestsdk_Config.cmake
+++ b/CMake/PackageDepends/MITK_cpprestsdk_Config.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+set(ALL_LIBRARIES cpprestsdk::cpprest)
diff --git a/Modules/REST/CMakeLists.txt b/Modules/REST/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b0286b6b6..60226d6486 100644
--- a/Modules/REST/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Modules/REST/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,8 @@
-if(MITK_USE_cpprestsdk)
-
-  mitk_create_module(
-    DEPENDS MitkCore
-  )
-
-  if(TARGET ${MODULE_TARGET})
-    target_link_libraries(${MODULE_TARGET} PUBLIC cpprestsdk::cpprest OpenSSL::SSL)
-  endif()
+mitk_create_module(
+  DEPENDS MitkCore
+  PACKAGE_DEPENDS PUBLIC cpprestsdk OpenSSL|SSL
+)
 
+if(TARGET ${MODULE_TARGET})
   add_subdirectory(test)
-
 endif()