diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e2d4af40..8d6e54fb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -69,14 +69,6 @@ set_package_properties(ENCHANT PROPERTIES
     PURPOSE "Spell checking support via Enchant"
 )
 
-find_package(Exiv2 0.21)
-set_package_properties(Exiv2 PROPERTIES
-    DESCRIPTION "Image metadata library and tools"
-    URL "http://www.exiv2.org"
-    TYPE REQUIRED
-    PURPOSE "Required to build libkexiv2"
-)
-
 # optional features
 if(X11_FOUND)
     macro_bool_to_01(X11_XTest_FOUND HAVE_XTEST)
@@ -214,6 +206,14 @@ set_package_properties(LibCDIO PROPERTIES
     TYPE OPTIONAL
 )
 
+find_package(Exiv2 0.21)
+set_package_properties(Exiv2 PROPERTIES
+    DESCRIPTION "Image metadata library and tools"
+    URL "http://www.exiv2.org"
+    TYPE RECOMMENDED
+    PURPOSE "Exiv2 metadata extraction and image rotation based on the data"
+)
+
 ################# configure checks and create the configured files #################
 
 include(ConfigureChecks.cmake)