diff --git a/cmake/FindGMP.cmake b/cmake/FindGMP.cmake
index adc39a779..d15fe2125 100644
--- a/cmake/FindGMP.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindGMP.cmake
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 message( STATUS "Looking for GMP")
-find_library(LIBGMP gmp PATHS /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib64)
+find_library(LIBGMP gmp PATHS /usr/lib /usr/lib64 /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib64 ${GMP_DIR}/lib ${GMP_DIR}/lib64)
 if( LIBGMP STREQUAL LIBGMP-NOTFOUND)
    set(${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE_NAME}_NOT_FOUND_MESSAGE "GMP library was not found")
    set(${CMAKE_FIND_PACKAGE}-FOUND FALSE)