diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5a7566621..1b91ab893 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ if(NOT DEFINED CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD AND NOT CMake_NO_CXX_STANDARD)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
   endif()
 endif()
-include(${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Source/Checks/cm_cxx11_unordered_map.cmake)
+if(NOT CMake_TEST_EXTERNAL_CMAKE)
+  include(${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Source/Checks/cm_cxx11_unordered_map.cmake)
+endif()
 
 # option to set the internal encoding of CMake to UTF-8
 option(CMAKE_ENCODING_UTF8 "Use UTF-8 encoding internally." ON)