See https://gitlab.com/corectrl/corectrl/-/issues/493

diff --git a/src/helper/CMakeLists.txt b/src/helper/CMakeLists.txt
index 38deb12..7bbaa81 100644
--- a/src/helper/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/helper/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ message("D-Bus files will be installed into ${DBUS_DATADIR_PREFIX_DIR}/dbus-1")
 option(POLKIT_POLICY_INSTALL_DIR "Polkit policy files installation directory" OFF)
 
 # Find polkit
+pkg_check_modules(POLKIT REQUIRED polkit-gobject-1)
 if(NOT POLKIT_POLICY_INSTALL_DIR)
-  pkg_check_modules(POLKIT REQUIRED polkit-gobject-1)
   execute_process(
     COMMAND pkg-config --variable=policydir polkit-gobject-1
     RESULT_VARIABLE POLKIT_POLICY_INSTALL_DIR_RESULT
