diff --git a/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in b/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in
index 855f8a273..5d5b2f4db 100644
--- a/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/SFMLConfig.cmake.in
@@ -169,6 +169,11 @@ foreach(component ${FIND_SFML_COMPONENTS_SORTED})
         endif()
     else()
         set(FIND_SFML_ERROR "Requested SFML configuration (${config_name}) was not found")
+        if(config_name STREQUAL "Shared")
+            string(APPEND FIND_SFML_ERROR "\nSet SFML_STATIC_LIBRARIES to ON for static libraries")
+        elseif(config_name STREQUAL "Static")
+            string(APPEND FIND_SFML_ERROR "\nSet SFML_STATIC_LIBRARIES to OFF for shared libraries")
+        endif()
         set(SFML_${UPPER_COMPONENT}_FOUND OFF)
         set(SFML_FOUND OFF)
     endif()