diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index bafecadd..d08c1fdb 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ Eric Backus <eric_backus@alum.mit.edu>
 Eric Fiselier <eric@efcs.ca>
 Eugene Zhuk <eugene.zhuk@gmail.com>
 Evgeny Safronov <division494@gmail.com>
+Fabien Pichot <pichot.fabien@gmail.com>
 Federico Ficarelli <federico.ficarelli@gmail.com>
 Felix Homann <linuxaudio@showlabor.de>
 Gergő Szitár <szitar.gergo@gmail.com>
@@ -47,14 +48,15 @@ Marcel Jacobse <mjacobse@uni-bremen.de>
 Matt Clarkson <mattyclarkson@gmail.com>
 Maxim Vafin <maxvafin@gmail.com>
 Mike Apodaca <gatorfax@gmail.com>
+Min-Yih Hsu <yihshyng223@gmail.com>
 MongoDB Inc.
 Nick Hutchinson <nshutchinson@gmail.com>
 Norman Heino <norman.heino@gmail.com>
 Oleksandr Sochka <sasha.sochka@gmail.com>
 Ori Livneh <ori.livneh@gmail.com>
 Paul Redmond <paul.redmond@gmail.com>
-Raghu Raja <raghu@enfabrica.net>
 Radoslav Yovchev <radoslav.tm@gmail.com>
+Raghu Raja <raghu@enfabrica.net>
 Rainer Orth <ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de>
 Roman Lebedev <lebedev.ri@gmail.com>
 Sayan Bhattacharjee <aero.sayan@gmail.com>
@@ -67,4 +69,3 @@ Tobias Schmidt <tobias.schmidt@in.tum.de>
 Yixuan Qiu <yixuanq@gmail.com>
 Yusuke Suzuki <utatane.tea@gmail.com>
 Zbigniew Skowron <zbychs@gmail.com>
-Min-Yih Hsu <yihshyng223@gmail.com>
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 56f03e2d..95bcad01 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ Eric Backus <eric_backus@alum.mit.edu>
 Eric Fiselier <eric@efcs.ca>
 Eugene Zhuk <eugene.zhuk@gmail.com>
 Evgeny Safronov <division494@gmail.com>
+Fabien Pichot <pichot.fabien@gmail.com>
 Fanbo Meng <fanbo.meng@ibm.com>
 Federico Ficarelli <federico.ficarelli@gmail.com>
 Felix Homann <linuxaudio@showlabor.de>
@@ -60,14 +61,15 @@ Joao Paulo Magalhaes <joaoppmagalhaes@gmail.com>
 John Millikin <jmillikin@stripe.com>
 Jordan Williams <jwillikers@protonmail.com>
 Jussi Knuuttila <jussi.knuuttila@gmail.com>
-Kai Wolf <kai.wolf@gmail.com>
 Kaito Udagawa <umireon@gmail.com>
+Kai Wolf <kai.wolf@gmail.com>
 Kishan Kumar <kumar.kishan@outlook.com>
 Lei Xu <eddyxu@gmail.com>
 Marcel Jacobse <mjacobse@uni-bremen.de>
 Matt Clarkson <mattyclarkson@gmail.com>
 Maxim Vafin <maxvafin@gmail.com>
 Mike Apodaca <gatorfax@gmail.com>
+Min-Yih Hsu <yihshyng223@gmail.com>
 Nick Hutchinson <nshutchinson@gmail.com>
 Norman Heino <norman.heino@gmail.com>
 Oleksandr Sochka <sasha.sochka@gmail.com>
@@ -76,8 +78,8 @@ Pascal Leroy <phl@google.com>
 Paul Redmond <paul.redmond@gmail.com>
 Pierre Phaneuf <pphaneuf@google.com>
 Radoslav Yovchev <radoslav.tm@gmail.com>
-Rainer Orth <ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de>
 Raghu Raja <raghu@enfabrica.net>
+Rainer Orth <ro@cebitec.uni-bielefeld.de>
 Raul Marin <rmrodriguez@cartodb.com>
 Ray Glover <ray.glover@uk.ibm.com>
 Robert Guo <robert.guo@mongodb.com>
@@ -91,4 +93,3 @@ Tom Madams <tom.ej.madams@gmail.com> <tmadams@google.com>
 Yixuan Qiu <yixuanq@gmail.com>
 Yusuke Suzuki <utatane.tea@gmail.com>
 Zbigniew Skowron <zbychs@gmail.com>
-Min-Yih Hsu <yihshyng223@gmail.com>
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindPFM.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindPFM.cmake
index cf807a1e..0c480f5d 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindPFM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindPFM.cmake
@@ -1,26 +1,22 @@
 # If successful, the following variables will be defined:
-# HAVE_LIBPFM.
-# Set BENCHMARK_ENABLE_LIBPFM to 0 to disable, regardless of libpfm presence.
-include(CheckIncludeFile)
-include(CheckLibraryExists)
-include(FeatureSummary)
-enable_language(C)
+# PFM_FOUND.
+# PFM_LIBRARIES
+# PFM_INCLUDE_DIRS
+# the following target will be defined:
+# PFM::libpfm
 
-set_package_properties(PFM PROPERTIES
-                       URL http://perfmon2.sourceforge.net/
-                       DESCRIPTION "a helper library to develop monitoring tools"
-                       PURPOSE "Used to program specific performance monitoring events")
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
-check_library_exists(libpfm.a pfm_initialize "" HAVE_LIBPFM_INITIALIZE)
-if(HAVE_LIBPFM_INITIALIZE)
-  check_include_file(perfmon/perf_event.h HAVE_PERFMON_PERF_EVENT_H)
-  check_include_file(perfmon/pfmlib.h HAVE_PERFMON_PFMLIB_H)
-  check_include_file(perfmon/pfmlib_perf_event.h HAVE_PERFMON_PFMLIB_PERF_EVENT_H)
-  if(HAVE_PERFMON_PERF_EVENT_H AND HAVE_PERFMON_PFMLIB_H AND HAVE_PERFMON_PFMLIB_PERF_EVENT_H)
-    message("Using Perf Counters.")
-    set(HAVE_LIBPFM 1)
-    set(PFM_FOUND 1)
-  endif()
-else()
-  message("Perf Counters support requested, but was unable to find libpfm.")
+find_library(PFM_LIBRARY NAMES pfm)
+find_path(PFM_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES perfmon/pfmlib.h)
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(PFM REQUIRED_VARS PFM_LIBRARY PFM_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+if (PFM_FOUND AND NOT TARGET PFM::libpfm)
+    add_library(PFM::libpfm UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+    set_target_properties(PFM::libpfm PROPERTIES
+        IMPORTED_LOCATION "${PFM_LIBRARY}"
+        INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${PFM_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(PFM_LIBRARY PFM_INCLUDE_DIR)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 91ea5f42..daf82fb1 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ target_include_directories(benchmark PUBLIC
 )
 
 # libpfm, if available
-if (HAVE_LIBPFM)
-  target_link_libraries(benchmark PRIVATE pfm)
+if (PFM_FOUND)
+  target_link_libraries(benchmark PRIVATE PFM::libpfm)
   target_compile_definitions(benchmark PRIVATE -DHAVE_LIBPFM)
 endif()