diff --git a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
index 3f6cbcd77..1b21280cb 100644
--- a/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/EthDependencies.cmake
@@ -45,16 +45,9 @@ find_package (Jsoncpp 0.60 REQUIRED)
 message(" - Jsoncpp header: ${JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 message(" - Jsoncpp lib   : ${JSONCPP_LIBRARIES}")
 
-# TODO the JsonRpcCpp package does not yet check for correct version number
-# json-rpc-cpp support is currently not mandatory
-# TODO make headless client optional
 # TODO get rid of -DETH_JSONRPC
 if (JSONRPC)
-
-	find_package (JsonRpcCpp 0.3.2)
-	if (NOT JSON_RPC_CPP_FOUND)
-		message (FATAL_ERROR "JSONRPC 0.3.2. not found")
-	endif()
+	find_package (json_rpc_cpp 0.4 EXACT REQUIRED)
 	message (" - json-rpc-cpp header: ${JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 	message (" - json-rpc-cpp lib   : ${JSON_RPC_CPP_LIBRARIES}")
 	add_definitions(-DETH_JSONRPC)
diff --git a/cmake/FindJsonRpcCpp.cmake b/cmake/Findjson_rpc_cpp.cmake
similarity index 65%
rename from cmake/FindJsonRpcCpp.cmake
rename to cmake/Findjson_rpc_cpp.cmake
index 2ca176f68..8b705aeeb 100644
--- a/cmake/FindJsonRpcCpp.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Findjson_rpc_cpp.cmake
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@
 #  JSON_RPC_CPP_SERVER_LIBRARIES, the libraries needed to use json-rpc-cpp-server
 #  JSON_RPC_CPP_CLIENT_LIBRARIES, the libraries needed to use json-rpc-cpp-client
 #  JSON_RCP_CPP_FOUND, If false, do not try to use json-rpc-cpp.
+#  JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION, version of library
+#  JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR
+#  JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MINOR
+#  JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_PATCH
+
 
 # only look in default directories
 find_path(
@@ -90,10 +95,28 @@ if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "MSVC")
 
 endif()
 
+if (JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
+	set (JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_HEADER "${JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIR}/jsonrpccpp/version.h")
+	if (EXISTS ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_HEADER})
+		file (STRINGS ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_HEADER} JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR REGEX "^#define JSONRPC_CPP_MAJOR_VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+$") 
+		file (STRINGS ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_HEADER} JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MINOR REGEX "^#define JSONRPC_CPP_MINOR_VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+$") 
+		file (STRINGS ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_HEADER} JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_PATCH REGEX "^#define JSONRPC_CPP_PATCH_VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+$") 
+		string (REGEX REPLACE "^#define JSONRPC_CPP_MAJOR_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+)" "\\1" JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR})
+		string (REGEX REPLACE "^#define JSONRPC_CPP_MINOR_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+)" "\\1" JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MINOR ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MINOR})
+		string (REGEX REPLACE "^#define JSONRPC_CPP_PATCH_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+)" "\\1" JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_PATCH ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_PATCH})
+		set (JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION ${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MAJOR}.${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_MINOR}.${JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION_PATCH})
+	endif()
+endif()
+
 # handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set JSON_RPC_CPP_FOUND to TRUE
 # if all listed variables are TRUE, hide their existence from configuration view
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(json_rpc_cpp DEFAULT_MSG
-    JSON_RPC_CPP_COMMON_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_SERVER_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_CLIENT_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIR)                             
-mark_as_advanced (JSON_RPC_CPP_COMMON_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_SERVER_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_CLIENT_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+find_package_handle_standard_args(
+	json_rpc_cpp
+	REQUIRED_VARS JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIR JSON_RPC_CPP_COMMON_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_SERVER_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_CLIENT_LIBRARY
+	VERSION_VAR JSON_RPC_CPP_VERSION
+)
+
+mark_as_advanced (JSON_RPC_CPP_INCLUDE_DIR JSON_RPC_CPP_COMMON_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_SERVER_LIBRARY JSON_RPC_CPP_CLIENT_LIBRARY)