diff --git a/CMake/generate.py b/CMake/generate.py
index f5c62520b709a192e548ec7a6781b90d8b72952f..8da61bfb0215ace04645997eed1b5192a9977c7b 100755
--- a/CMake/generate.py
+++ b/CMake/generate.py
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ class Generator:
 
     @classmethod
     def generate_library(cls, project, dry_run):
-        sys_includes, sys_libs, finds = cls._handle_system_deps(project.system_deps)
-        test_sys_includes, test_sys_libs, test_finds = cls._handle_system_deps(project.system_deps_test)
+        sys_includes, sys_libs, finds = cls._handle_system_deps(project, project.system_deps)
+        test_sys_includes, test_sys_libs, test_finds = cls._handle_system_deps(project, project.system_deps_test)
 
         with SmartOpen("CMakeLists.txt", 'w', directory=project.path, dry_run=dry_run) as f:
             f.write(CATEGORIES[project.category].format(
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ class Generator:
 
     @classmethod
     def generate_executable(cls, project, dry_run):
-        sys_includes, sys_libs, finds = cls._handle_system_deps(project.system_deps)
+        sys_includes, sys_libs, finds = cls._handle_system_deps(project, project.system_deps)
 
         with SmartOpen("CMakeLists.txt", 'w', directory=project.path, dry_run=dry_run) as f:
             f.write(CATEGORIES[project.category].format(
@@ -232,15 +232,30 @@ class Generator:
             ))
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _handle_system_deps(system_deps):
+    def _handle_system_deps(project, system_deps):
         libs, incl, find = [], [], []
+
+        def update(cfg, dep, incl, libs, find):
+            # try access the section, raises ConfigException if not present
+            Config.get_section(cfg, 'CMake:Deps:{}'.format(dep))
+
+            incl += Config.get_array(cfg, 'CMake:Deps:{}'.format(dep), 'include', fallback=[])
+            libs += Config.get_array(cfg, 'CMake:Deps:{}'.format(dep), 'link', fallback=[])
+            f = Config.get(CONFIG, 'CMake:Deps:{}'.format(dep), 'find', fallback="")
+            if f is not "":
+                find.append(f)
+
         for dep in system_deps:
-            incl = incl + Config.get_array(CONFIG, 'CMake:Deps:{}'.format(dep), 'include', fallback=[])
-            libs = libs + Config.get_array(CONFIG, 'CMake:Deps:{}'.format(dep), 'link', fallback=[])
             try:
-                find.append(Config.get(CONFIG, 'CMake:Deps:{}'.format(dep), 'find'))
+                # first, try to find CMake:Deps:{} section in projects's conf
+                update(project._config, dep, incl, libs, find)
             except ConfigException:
-                pass
+                try:
+                    # then in main conf
+                    update(CONFIG, dep, incl, libs, find)
+                except ConfigException:
+                    # warning!
+                    print("Warning: System dependency '{}' is not configured".format(dep), file=sys.stderr)
 
         return incl, libs, find
 
diff --git a/alib2cli/project.conf b/alib2cli/project.conf
index 596faa3f5faeb5496654756c7e645c6a5dbc4462..b796599c0ae2d58aefd21472d154b4faedc57e5c 100644
--- a/alib2cli/project.conf
+++ b/alib2cli/project.conf
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@ category: library
 [Dependencies]
 project: alib2xml alib2common alib2abstraction alib2measure alib2std
 system: xml2 stdc++fs
+
+[CMake:Deps:stdc++fs]
+link: stdc++fs