diff --git a/cmake/Modules/FindGmsh.cmake b/cmake/Modules/FindGmsh.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 9bf55bf38..000000000
--- a/cmake/Modules/FindGmsh.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-# ##############################################################################
-# Try to find Gmsh                                           # # Once done this
-# will define:                                # GMSH_FOUND   - system has Gmsh #
-# GMSH_INC     - Gmsh include directory (static or dynamic) # GMSH_LIB     -
-# Gmsh library                               # # Usage: # find_package(Gmsh) # #
-# Setting these changes the behavior of the search           # GMSH_INC - Gmsh
-# include directory                     # GMSH_LIB     - Gmsh library path
-# (static or dynamic)      #
-# ##############################################################################
-
-# Try to set GMSH_LIB and GMSH_INC from environment variables ##
-# ##############################################################################
-
-if(NOT DEFINED GMSH_LIB)
-
-  find_package(Python3 COMPONENTS Interpreter Development)
-
-  if(Python3_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "FOUND Python3")
-    message(STATUS "Python3_LIBRARY_DIRS ${Python3_LIBRARY_DIRS}")
-    find_library(GMSH_LIB "gmsh" HINTS $ENV{GMSH_LIB} ${Python3_LIBRARY_DIRS}
-                                       NO_CACHE)
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "NOT FOUND Python3")
-    find_library(GMSH_LIB "gmsh" HINTS $ENV{GMSH_LIB} NO_CACHE)
-  endif()
-endif()
-
-# if(NOT DEFINED GMSH_INC) find_path(GMSH_INC "gmsh.h" HINTS $ENV{GMSH_INC}
-# NO_CACHE) endif()
-
-# CMake check and done ##
-# ##############################################################################
-include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
-find_package_handle_standard_args(
-  Gmsh
-  "Gmsh could not be found: be sure to set GMSH_LIB and GMSH_INC in your environment variables"
-  GMSH_LIB)
-# GMSH_INC)
diff --git a/cmake/addGmsh.cmake b/cmake/addGmsh.cmake
index a8e9a6db4..a38b26725 100644
--- a/cmake/addGmsh.cmake
+++ b/cmake/addGmsh.cmake
@@ -16,16 +16,31 @@
 
 option(USE_GMSH_SDK OFF)
 if(USE_GMSH_SDK)
+
+  # download the python virtual env
+
   message(STATUS "USING GMSH SDK")
+  message(STATUS "Making Python Virtual Environment")
   list(APPEND TARGET_COMPILE_DEF "-DUSE_GMSH_SDK")
-  find_package(Gmsh REQUIRED)
-  if(GMSH_FOUND)
-    message(STATUS "FOUND Gmsh")
-    message(STATUS "GMSH_LIBRARIES : ${GMSH_LIB}")
-    target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PUBLIC ${GMSH_LIB})
-  else()
-    message(STATUS "NOT FOUND Gmsh")
-  endif()
+
+  find_package(Python3 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Interpreter)
+  set(PY_VENV "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/gmsh")
+  set(PY_BIN_DIR "${PY_VENV}/bin")
+  set(GMSH_LIBRARIES "${PY_VENV}/lib/libgmsh.so")
+
+  install(
+    CODE "
+      MESSAGE(\"Creating PY_VENV from ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} to ${PY_VENV}\")
+      execute_process(COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT COMMAND ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} -m venv ${PY_VENV} )
+      execute_process(COMMAND_ECHO STDOUT COMMAND ${PY_BIN_DIR}/pip install --upgrade gmsh )
+")
+
+  # find_library(GMSH_LIBRARIES NAME gmsh HINTS "${PY_VENV}/lib" REQUIRED)
+  target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} INTERFACE ${GMSH_LIBRARIES})
+  message(STATUS "GMSH_LIBRARIES : ${GMSH_LIBRARIES}")
+
 else()
+
   message(STATUS "NOT USING GMSH SDK")
+
 endif()