diff --git a/cmake/JsonDetect.cmake b/cmake/JsonDetect.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1066421f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/JsonDetect.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+option(WITH_JSON_DISABLED "Build without any JSON support"  OFF)
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(WITH_CJSON_REQUIRED "Build with cJSON (fail if not found)" OFF "NOT WITH_JSON_DISABLED" OFF)
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(WITH_JSONC_REQUIRED "Build with JSON-C (fail if not found)" OFF "NOT WITH_JSON_DISABLED" OFF)
+if (NOT WITH_JSON_DISABLED)
+	find_package(cJSON)
+
+	# Fallback detection:
+	# older ubuntu releases did not ship CMake or pkg-config files
+	# for cJSON. Be optimistic and try pkg-config and as last resort
+	# try manual detection
+	if (NOT CJSON_FOUND)
+		find_package(PkgConfig)
+		if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+			pkg_check_modules(CJSON libcjson)
+		endif()
+
+		if (NOT CJSON_FOUND)
+			find_path(CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS
+				NAMES cjson/cJSON.h
+			)
+			find_library(CJSON_LIBRARIES
+				NAMES cjson
+			)
+			if (NOT "${CJSON_LIBRARIES}" EQUAL "CJSON_LIBRARIES-NOTFOUND" AND NOT "${CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS}" EQUAL "CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS-NOTFOUND")
+				set(CJSON_FOUND ON)
+			endif()
+		endif()
+	endif()
+
+	if (WITH_CJSON_REQUIRED)
+		if (NOT CJSON_FOUND)
+			message(FATAL_ERROR "cJSON was requested but not found")
+		endif()
+	endif()
+
+	if (WITH_JSONC_REQUIRED)
+		find_package(JSONC REQUIRED)
+	else()
+		find_package(JSONC)
+	endif()
+
+    if (NOT JSONC_FOUND AND NOT CJSON_FOUND)
+		set(WITH_WINPR_JSON OFF CACHE INTERNAL "internal")
+		message("compiling without JSON support. Install cJSON or json-c to enable")
+	endif()
+else()
+	set(WITH_WINPR_JSON OFF CACHE INTERNAL "internal")
+	message("forced compile without JSON support. Set -DWITH_JSON_DISABLED=OFF to enable compile time detection")
+endif()
diff --git a/winpr/libwinpr/CMakeLists.txt b/winpr/libwinpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c85d37f5..91d0e0176 100644
--- a/winpr/libwinpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/winpr/libwinpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 include(CheckFunctionExists)
+include(JsonDetect)
 
 set(WINPR_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 set(WINPR_SRCS "")
diff --git a/winpr/libwinpr/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/winpr/libwinpr/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 17f96905c..2c5efb329 100644
--- a/winpr/libwinpr/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/winpr/libwinpr/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -186,47 +186,8 @@ if (WINPR_HAVE_UNWIND_H)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-option(WITH_JSON_DISABLED "Build without any JSON support"  OFF)
-CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(WITH_CJSON_REQUIRED "Build with cJSON (fail if not found)" OFF "NOT WITH_JSON_DISABLED" OFF)
-CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(WITH_JSONC_REQUIRED "Build with JSON-C (fail if not found)" OFF "NOT WITH_JSON_DISABLED" OFF)
+include(JsonDetect)
 if (NOT WITH_JSON_DISABLED)
-	find_package(cJSON)
-
-	# Fallback detection:
-	# older ubuntu releases did not ship CMake or pkg-config files
-	# for cJSON. Be optimistic and try pkg-config and as last resort
-	# try manual detection
-	if (NOT CJSON_FOUND)
-		find_package(PkgConfig)
-		if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
-			pkg_check_modules(CJSON libcjson)
-		endif()
-
-		if (NOT CJSON_LIBRARIES OR NOT CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-			find_path(CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS
-				NAMES cjson/cJSON.h
-			)
-			find_library(CJSON_LIBRARIES
-				NAMES cjson
-			)
-			if (NOT "${CJSON_LIBRARIES}" EQUAL "CJSON_LIBRARIES-NOTFOUND" AND NOT "${CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS}" EQUAL "CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS-NOTFOUND")
-				set(CJSON_FOUND ON)
-			endif()
-		endif()
-	endif()
-
-	if (WITH_CJSON_REQUIRED)
-		if (NOT CJSON_FOUND)
-			message(FATAL_ERROR "cJSON was requested but not found")
-		endif()
-	endif()
-
-	if (WITH_JSONC_REQUIRED)
-		find_package(JSONC REQUIRED)
-	else()
-		find_package(JSONC)
-	endif()
-
 	if (JSONC_FOUND AND NOT WITH_CJSON_REQUIRED)
 		winpr_library_add_private(${JSONC_LIBRARIES})
 		winpr_include_directory_add(${JSONC_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -237,13 +198,7 @@ if (NOT WITH_JSON_DISABLED)
 		winpr_include_directory_add(${CJSON_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 		winpr_definition_add(-DWITH_CJSON)
 		set(WITH_WINPR_JSON ON CACHE INTERNAL "internal")
-	else()
-		set(WITH_WINPR_JSON OFF CACHE INTERNAL "internal")
-		message("compiling without JSON support. Install cJSON or json-c to enable")
 	endif()
-else()
-	set(WITH_WINPR_JSON OFF CACHE INTERNAL "internal")
-	message("forced compile without JSON support. Set -DWITH_JSON_DISABLED=OFF to enable compile time detection")
 endif()
 
 winpr_module_add(json/json.c)