diff -Naur kstars-2.8.8/CMakeLists.txt kstars-2.8.8.new/CMakeLists.txt
--- kstars-2.8.8/CMakeLists.txt	2017-11-20 09:18:45.000000000 +0100
+++ kstars-2.8.8.new/CMakeLists.txt	2017-12-15 20:08:31.803998307 +0100
@@ -158,10 +158,10 @@
     set(INDI_INCLUDE_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/android/indi/libindi/libs/indibase ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/android/indi/libindi ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/android/indi/libindi/libs)
     set(INDI_CLIENT_ANDROID_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/android/indi/libindi/libindiclientqt.a)
 else ()
-    find_package(INDI 1.7.1)
+    find_package(INDI 1.7.1 REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 MACRO_BOOL_TO_01(INDI_FOUND HAVE_INDI)
-set_package_properties(INDI PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Astronomical instrumentation control" URL "http://www.indilib.org" TYPE OPTIONAL PURPOSE "Support for controlling astronomical devices on Linux with KStars.")
+set_package_properties(INDI PROPERTIES DESCRIPTION "Astronomical instrumentation control" URL "http://www.indilib.org" TYPE REQUIRED PURPOSE "Support for controlling astronomical devices on Linux with KStars.")
 
 ## Libraw
 if(BUILD_KSTARS_LITE AND ANDROID)