diff --git a/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt b/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt
index b0a8856..fd60213 100644
--- a/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cartographer_ros/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ set(PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES
   tf2_ros
 )
 
+
 find_package(cartographer REQUIRED)
 include("${CARTOGRAPHER_CMAKE_DIR}/functions.cmake")
 google_initialize_cartographer_project()
@@ -36,6 +37,9 @@ google_enable_testing()
 
 find_package(catkin REQUIRED COMPONENTS ${PACKAGE_DEPENDENCIES})
 
+include(FindPkgConfig)
+PKG_SEARCH_MODULE(YAMLCPP REQUIRED yaml-cpp>=0.5.1)
+
 catkin_package(
   CATKIN_DEPENDS
     message_runtime