diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b5426a4d..4059d6ef9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,11 +28,16 @@ option(VLC_PLAYER "Set to ON to build the VLC-based video player" ${VLC_PLAYER})
 option(CLANG_TIDY "Set to ON to build using the clang-tidy static analyzer" ${CLANG_TIDY})
 
 if (CLANG_TIDY)
-    message("-- Building with the clang-tidy static analyzer")
-    set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy;-checks=*,-fuchsia-*,-hicpp-*,-llvm-*, \
-            -readability-braces-*,-google-readability-braces-*, \
-            -readability-uppercase-literal-suffix,-modernize-use-trailing-return-type, \
-            -cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers,-readability-magic-numbers")
+    find_program(CLANG_TIDY_BINARY NAMES clang-tidy)
+    if("${CLANG_TIDY_BINARY}" STREQUAL "CLANG_TIDY_BINARY-NOTFOUND")
+        message("-- CLANG_TIDY was set but the clang-tidy binary was not found")
+    else()
+        message("-- Building with the clang-tidy static analyzer")
+        set(CMAKE_CXX_CLANG_TIDY "clang-tidy;-checks=*,-fuchsia-*,-hicpp-*,-llvm-*, \
+                -readability-braces-*,-google-readability-braces-*, \
+                -readability-uppercase-literal-suffix,-modernize-use-trailing-return-type, \
+                -cppcoreguidelines-avoid-magic-numbers,-readability-magic-numbers")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
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