--- CMake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ CMake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 
 # OGRE_DEPENDENCIES_DIR can be used to specify a single base
 # folder where the required dependencies may be found.
-set(OGRE_DEPENDENCIES_DIR "" CACHE PATH "Path to prebuilt OGRE dependencies")
+set(OGRE_DEPENDENCIES_DIR ${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH})
 option(OGRE_BUILD_DEPENDENCIES "automatically build Ogre Dependencies (freetype, zzip)" TRUE)
 
 include(FindPkgMacros)