diff --git a/cmake-utils/conan.cmake b/cmake-utils/conan.cmake
index 276f5470..e0a72bf1 100644
--- a/cmake-utils/conan.cmake
+++ b/cmake-utils/conan.cmake
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# Taken from https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan/blob/v0.15/conan.cmake
+# Changes:
+# - Add a "Please install conan" sentence to the error message when conan wasn't found.
+
 # The MIT License (MIT)
 
 # Copyright (c) 2018 JFrog
@@ -528,7 +532,7 @@ macro(conan_check)
 
     find_program(CONAN_CMD conan)
     if(NOT CONAN_CMD AND CONAN_REQUIRED)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan executable not found!")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Conan executable not found! Please install conan.")
     endif()
     message(STATUS "Conan: Found program ${CONAN_CMD}")
     execute_process(COMMAND ${CONAN_CMD} --version