diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 599a15f798..e8d1165ea4 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ else()
 	include_directories(${LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR})
 endif(WIN32)
 
+find_library(LIBSBML_LIBRARY sbml HINTS ${THIRD_PARTY_INSTALL_FOLDER}/lib)
+find_library(LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY sbml-static HINTS ${THIRD_PARTY_INSTALL_FOLDER}/lib)
+find_path(LIBSBML_INCLUDE_DIR sbml/SBMLTypes.h HINTS ${THIRD_PARTY_INSTALL_FOLDER}/include)
+
 
 if (${BUILD_LLVM})
     link_directories(
@@ -288,6 +292,44 @@ else()
     message(STATUS "not building legacy C backend")
 endif(BUILD_LEGACY_C)
 
+message(STATUS "
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+libRoadRunner Configuration Summary
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+    For up-to-date news and releases visit libroadrunner.org
+
+    Configured on host $ENV{COMPUTERNAME} ${HOSTNAME}
+      host OS                   ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}
+      host architecture         ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}
+
+    General flags:
+      CC                        ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+      CXX                       ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+      CPPFLAGS                  ${BUILD_DEFINITIONS}
+      CFLAGS                    ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}
+      CXXFLAGS                  ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
+      LDFLAGS                   ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}
+
+    Installation prefix:        ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
+
+    Options:
+      With LLVM?                ${BUILD_LLVM}
+      With legacy C? (DEP)      ${BUILD_LEGACY_C}
+      Enable Python interface?  ${BUILD_PYTHON}
+      Enable Java interface?    ${BUILD_JAVA_INTERFACE}
+      Enable test suite?        ${BUILD_TESTS}
+
+    Dependencies (packages marked with *** are required):
+    "
+)
+
+message( "  *** libSBML")
+message( "       libSBML libs               ${LIBSBML_LIBRARY}")
+message( "       libSBML static libs        ${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}")
+message( "       libSBML includes           ${LIBSBML_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+
+message( "" )
 
 # We alway have to build the roadrunner core, everything depends on this
 add_subdirectory(source)
diff --git a/apps/rr/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/rr/CMakeLists.txt
index 1799bce3a0..c5274d8684 100644
--- a/apps/rr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/rr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ rr-libstruct-static
 lapack
 blas
 f2c
-sbml-static.a
+${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}
 xml2
 sundials_nvecserial.a
 sundials_cvode.a
diff --git a/source/CMakeLists.txt b/source/CMakeLists.txt
index 7844dc988d..9d006417a4 100755
--- a/source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -248,16 +248,16 @@ if(RR_BUILD_SHARED_CORE)
     if(UNIX)
         target_link_libraries (${target}
             pthread
-            sbml-static
+            ${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}
             dl
             f2c${staticLibExt}
             )
     else()
         target_link_libraries (${target}
             libf2c
-            libsbml
-        ws2_32
-        iphlpapi
+            ${LIBSBML_LIBRARY}
+            ws2_32
+            iphlpapi
             )
     endif(UNIX)
 
@@ -330,17 +330,17 @@ target_link_libraries (${target}-static
 
 if(WIN32)
     target_link_libraries (${target}-static
-        libsbml-static
+        ${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}
         libf2c
-    ws2_32
-    iphlpapi
+        ws2_32
+        iphlpapi
         )
 endif(WIN32)
 
 
 if(UNIX)
     target_link_libraries (${target}-static
-        sbml-static
+        ${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}
         f2c
         xml2
         dl
diff --git a/wrappers/Java/CMakeLists.txt b/wrappers/Java/CMakeLists.txt
index c22962f2d6..1d132cf5f3 100755
--- a/wrappers/Java/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wrappers/Java/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ if(SWIG_FOUND)
       roadrunner-static
       rr-libstruct-static
       nleq-static
-      sbml-static
+      ${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}
       lapack
       blas
       f2c
diff --git a/wrappers/Python/roadrunner/CMakeLists.txt b/wrappers/Python/roadrunner/CMakeLists.txt
index 28493a62fd..179caf6ddc 100644
--- a/wrappers/Python/roadrunner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/wrappers/Python/roadrunner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ else(WIN32)
             roadrunner
             rr-libstruct-static
             nleq-static
-            sbml-static
+            ${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}
             lapack
             blas
             f2c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ else(WIN32)
             roadrunner-static
             rr-libstruct-static
             nleq-static
-            sbml-static
+            ${LIBSBML_STATIC_LIBRARY}
             lapack
             blas
             f2c