diff --git a/DOCKER_VERSION b/DOCKER_VERSION
index 4e61aeef..e91f1044 100644
--- a/DOCKER_VERSION
+++ b/DOCKER_VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-7.4.4
+7.4.5
diff --git a/docs/CHANGELOG.md b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
index 7a9eaab4..f9b02754 100644
--- a/docs/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/docs/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [7.4.5] - 2019-12-03
+
+- (ws) #125 / fix build problem when jsoncpp is not installed locally
+
 ## [7.4.4] - 2019-12-03
 
 - (ws) #125 / cmake detects an already installed jsoncpp and will try to use this one if present
diff --git a/ixcobra/CMakeLists.txt b/ixcobra/CMakeLists.txt
index 72dfdecf..ca033e03 100644
--- a/ixcobra/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ixcobra/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,16 @@ add_library(ixcobra STATIC
     ${IXCOBRA_HEADERS}
 )
 
+find_package(JsonCpp)
+if (NOT JSONCPP_FOUND)
+  set(JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS ../third_party/jsoncpp)
+endif()
+
 set(IXCOBRA_INCLUDE_DIRS
     .
     ..
     ../ixcore
-    ../ixcrypto)
+    ../ixcrypto
+    ${JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 target_include_directories( ixcobra PUBLIC ${IXCOBRA_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
diff --git a/ixsentry/CMakeLists.txt b/ixsentry/CMakeLists.txt
index 86893860..7a430d79 100644
--- a/ixsentry/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ixsentry/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ add_library(ixsentry STATIC
   ${IXSENTRY_HEADERS}
 )
 
+find_package(JsonCpp)
+if (NOT JSONCPP_FOUND)
+  set(JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS ../third_party/jsoncpp)
+endif()
+
 set(IXSENTRY_INCLUDE_DIRS
     .
     ..
-    ../ixcore)
+    ../ixcore
+    ${JSONCPP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 target_include_directories( ixsentry PUBLIC ${IXSENTRY_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
diff --git a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
index 8309752f..7c6ea33f 100644
--- a/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
+++ b/ixwebsocket/IXWebSocketVersion.h
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@
 
 #pragma once
 
-#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "7.4.4"
+#define IX_WEBSOCKET_VERSION "7.4.5"