diff --git a/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake b/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
index 892cda4ac9b172027b421457f0061faee91a9785..94f2ca209c48f84f201889ce93042dcde28b4f28 100644
--- a/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
+++ b/scripts/cmake/ConanSetup.cmake
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ conan_cmake_run(
     OPTIONS ${CONAN_OPTIONS}
     BUILD ${OGS_CONAN_BUILD}
     IMPORTS ${CONAN_IMPORTS}
+    GENERATORS virtualrunenv
 )
 
 if(NOT ${OGS_CONAN_BUILD} MATCHES "never|always|missing")