diff --git a/contrib/Findsodium.cmake b/contrib/Findsodium.cmake
index 92797e5b..a124f1c8 100644
--- a/contrib/Findsodium.cmake
+++ b/contrib/Findsodium.cmake
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 # Once done the following variables will be defined:
 #
 # sodium_FOUND sodium_INCLUDE_DIR sodium_LIBRARY_DEBUG sodium_LIBRARY_RELEASE
+# sodium_VERSION_STRING
 #
 # Furthermore an imported "sodium" target is created.
 #
@@ -206,16 +207,17 @@ endif()
 
 # extract sodium version
 if(sodium_INCLUDE_DIR)
-  set(_VERSION_HEADER "${_INCLUDE_DIR}/sodium/version.h")
-  if(EXISTS _VERSION_HEADER)
+  set(_VERSION_HEADER "${sodium_INCLUDE_DIR}/sodium/version.h")
+  if(EXISTS "${_VERSION_HEADER}")
     file(READ "${_VERSION_HEADER}" _VERSION_HEADER_CONTENT)
     string(
       REGEX
-      REPLACE ".*#[ \t]*define[ \t]*SODIUM_VERSION_STRING[ \t]*\"([^\n]*)\".*"
-              "\\1"
-              sodium_VERSION
-              "${_VERSION_HEADER_CONTENT}")
-    set(sodium_VERSION "${sodium_VERSION}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+      REPLACE
+        ".*#[ \t]*define[ \t]*sodium_VERSION_STRING_STRING[ \t]*\"([^\n]*)\".*"
+        "\\1"
+        sodium_VERSION_STRING
+        "${_VERSION_HEADER_CONTENT}")
+    set(sodium_VERSION_STRING "${sodium_VERSION_STRING}")
   endif()
 endif()
 
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ find_package_handle_standard_args(sodium
                                   sodium_LIBRARY_DEBUG
                                   sodium_INCLUDE_DIR
                                   VERSION_VAR
-                                  sodium_VERSION)
+                                  sodium_VERSION_STRING)
 
 # mark file paths as advanced
 mark_as_advanced(sodium_INCLUDE_DIR)