diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b5bf090d..813bec4d9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ find_package(PCRE REQUIRED)
 find_package(WLC REQUIRED)
 find_package(Wayland REQUIRED)
 find_package(XKBCommon REQUIRED)
-find_package(Cairo)
-find_package(Pango)
+find_package(Cairo REQUIRED)
+find_package(Pango REQUIRED)
 find_package(GdkPixbuf)
 find_package(PAM)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b97b889f0..0012ce0c6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ Install dependencies:
 * asciidoc
 * pcre
 * json-c
-* pango *
-* cairo *
+* pango
+* cairo
 * gdk-pixbuf2 *
 * pam **
 * imagemagick (required for image capture with swaygrab)