diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake
index 6e3f3f701..dfabaab0b 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/FindFreetype.cmake
@@ -143,16 +143,17 @@ if(FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2 AND FREETYPE_H)
   endforeach()
 endif()
 
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(Freetype DEFAULT_MSG FREETYPE_LIBRARY FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING)
 
-# set FREETYPE_FOUND to TRUE if all listed variables are TRUE
-if(FREETYPE_LIBRARY AND FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS AND FREETYPE_VERSION_STRING)
-  set(FREETYPE_FOUND TRUE)
-else()
-  set(FREETYPE_FOUND FALSE)
+mark_as_advanced(FREETYPE_LIBRARY FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2 FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build)
+
+if(NOT TARGET Freetype::Freetype)
+  add_library(Freetype::Freetype IMPORTED UNKNOWN)
+  set_target_properties(Freetype::Freetype PROPERTIES INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+  if(FREETYPE_LIBRARY MATCHES "/([^/]+)\\.framework$")
+    set_target_properties(Freetype::Freetype PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY}/${CMAKE_MATCH_1})
+  else()
+    set_target_properties(Freetype::Freetype PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${FREETYPE_LIBRARY})
+  endif()
 endif()
-
-mark_as_advanced(
-  FREETYPE_LIBRARY
-  FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_freetype2
-  FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIR_ft2build
-)
diff --git a/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in b/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in
index fbef902c7..5d849e5a5 100644
--- a/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/SFMLConfigDependencies.cmake.in
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ if(SFML_STATIC_LIBRARIES)
     # SFML::Graphics
     list(FIND SFML_FIND_COMPONENTS "Graphics" FIND_SFML_GRAPHICS_COMPONENT_INDEX)
     if(FIND_SFML_GRAPHICS_COMPONENT_INDEX GREATER -1)
-        sfml_bind_dependency(TARGET Freetype FRIENDLY_NAME "FreeType" SEARCH_NAMES "freetype")
+        find_package(Freetype)
     endif()
 
     # SFML::Audio
diff --git a/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt b/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
index ab0a38f0c..fee5ce5f1 100644
--- a/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/SFML/Graphics/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ elseif(SFML_OS_IOS)
     target_link_libraries(sfml-graphics PRIVATE z bz2)
 endif()
 
-sfml_find_package(Freetype FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS FREETYPE_LIBRARY)
-target_link_libraries(sfml-graphics PRIVATE Freetype)
+find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(sfml-graphics PRIVATE Freetype::Freetype)
 
 # on some platforms (e.g. Raspberry Pi 3 armhf), GCC requires linking libatomic to use <atomic> features
 # that aren't supported by native CPU instructions (64-bit atomic operations on 32-bit architecture)