diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1420a88787..9715b9f984 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -259,6 +259,17 @@ if(ENABLE_IPV6 AND NOT WIN32)
     set(ENABLE_IPV6 OFF
         CACHE BOOL "Define if you want to enable IPv6 support" FORCE)
   endif()
+
+  if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin" AND NOT ENABLE_ARES)
+    set(use_core_foundation ON)
+
+    find_library(SYSTEMCONFIGURATION_FRAMEWORK "SystemConfiguration")
+    if(NOT SYSTEMCONFIGURATION_FRAMEWORK)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "SystemConfiguration framework not found")
+    endif()
+
+    list(APPEND CURL_LIBS "-framework SystemConfiguration")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 if(USE_MANUAL)
@@ -395,29 +406,26 @@ if(CMAKE_USE_DARWINSSL)
   message(FATAL_ERROR "The cmake option CMAKE_USE_DARWINSSL was renamed to CMAKE_USE_SECTRANSP.")
 endif()
 
-if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Darwin")
+if(CMAKE_USE_SECTRANSP)
+  set(use_core_foundation ON)
+
+  find_library(SECURITY_FRAMEWORK "Security")
+  if(NOT SECURITY_FRAMEWORK)
+     message(FATAL_ERROR "Security framework not found")
+  endif()
+
+  set(SSL_ENABLED ON)
+  set(USE_SECTRANSP ON)
+  list(APPEND CURL_LIBS "-framework Security")
+endif()
+
+if(use_core_foundation)
   find_library(COREFOUNDATION_FRAMEWORK "CoreFoundation")
   if(NOT COREFOUNDATION_FRAMEWORK)
       message(FATAL_ERROR "CoreFoundation framework not found")
   endif()
 
-  find_library(SYSTEMCONFIGURATION_FRAMEWORK "SystemConfiguration")
-  if(NOT SYSTEMCONFIGURATION_FRAMEWORK)
-     message(FATAL_ERROR "SystemConfiguration framework not found")
-  endif()
-
-  list(APPEND CURL_LIBS "-framework CoreFoundation" "-framework SystemConfiguration")
-
-  if(CMAKE_USE_SECTRANSP)
-    find_library(SECURITY_FRAMEWORK "Security")
-    if(NOT SECURITY_FRAMEWORK)
-       message(FATAL_ERROR "Security framework not found")
-    endif()
-
-    set(SSL_ENABLED ON)
-    set(USE_SECTRANSP ON)
-    list(APPEND CURL_LIBS "-framework Security")
-  endif()
+  list(APPEND CURL_LIBS "-framework CoreFoundation")
 endif()
 
 if(CMAKE_USE_OPENSSL)