diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 19edc00..20379e6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,12 +93,20 @@ else()
 	include_directories(external/src/curl/include)
 endif()
 
+if ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES MSVC) OR STATIC_BINARY OR STATIC_LIBS)
+	set(UV_INCLUDE_DIR external/src/libuv/include)
+	set(ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR external/src/libzmq/include)
+else()
+	find_path(UV_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES uv.h PATH_SUFFIXES "include")
+	find_path(ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zmq.h PATH_SUFFIXES "include")
+endif()
+
 include_directories(src)
 include_directories(external/src)
 include_directories(external/src/cryptonote)
-include_directories(external/src/libuv/include)
+include_directories(${UV_INCLUDE_DIR})
 include_directories(external/src/cppzmq)
-include_directories(external/src/libzmq/include)
+include_directories(${ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR})
 if (WITH_RANDOMX)
 	include_directories(external/src/RandomX/src)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/log.cpp b/src/log.cpp
index b6e9574..628f2df 100644
--- a/src/log.cpp
+++ b/src/log.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ public:
 
 		// Create default loop here
 		uv_default_loop();
+		init_uv_threadpool();
 
 		uv_cond_init(&m_cond);
 		uv_mutex_init(&m_mutex);
@@ -115,6 +116,10 @@ public:
 		uv_mutex_destroy(&m_mutex);
 		uv_loop_close(uv_default_loop());
 
+#if ((UV_VERSION_MAJOR > 1) || ((UV_VERSION_MAJOR == 1) && (UV_VERSION_MINOR >= 38)))
+		uv_library_shutdown();
+#endif
+
 		m_logFile.close();
 	}
 
@@ -143,6 +148,33 @@ public:
 		uv_cond_signal(&m_cond);
 	}
 
+private:
+	static void init_uv_threadpool()
+	{
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define putenv _putenv
+#endif
+
+		const uint32_t N = std::max(std::min(std::thread::hardware_concurrency(), 4U), 8U);
+		LOGINFO(4, "running " << N << " threads in the UV thread pool");
+
+		char buf[40] = {};
+		log::Stream s(buf);
+		s << "UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=" << N << '\0';
+
+		int err = putenv(buf);
+		if (err != 0) {
+			err = errno;
+			LOGWARN(1, "Couldn't set UV thread pool size to " << N << " threads, putenv returned error " << err);
+		}
+
+		static uv_work_t dummy;
+		err = uv_queue_work(uv_default_loop_checked(), &dummy, [](uv_work_t*) {}, nullptr);
+		if (err) {
+			LOGERR(1, "init_uv_threadpool: uv_queue_work failed, error " << uv_err_name(err));
+		}
+	}
+
 private:
 	static void run_wrapper(void* arg) { reinterpret_cast<Worker*>(arg)->run(); }
 
@@ -153,7 +185,11 @@ private:
 		do {
 			uv_mutex_lock(&m_mutex);
 			if (m_readPos == m_writePos.load()) {
-				// Nothing to do, wait for the signal
+				// Nothing to do, wait for the signal or exit if stopped
+				if (stopped) {
+					uv_mutex_unlock(&m_mutex);
+					return;
+				}
 				uv_cond_wait(&m_cond, &m_mutex);
 			}
 			uv_mutex_unlock(&m_mutex);
@@ -231,7 +267,7 @@ private:
 					m_logFile.open(log_file_name, std::ios::app | std::ios::binary);
 				}
 			}
-		} while (!stopped);
+		} while (1);
 	}
 
 	static FORCEINLINE void strip_colors(char* buf, uint32_t& size)
diff --git a/src/p2pool.cpp b/src/p2pool.cpp
index 331c703..c911165 100644
--- a/src/p2pool.cpp
+++ b/src/p2pool.cpp
@@ -1442,29 +1442,6 @@ static void on_signal(uv_signal_t* handle, int signum)
 	pool->stop();
 }
 
-static bool init_uv_threadpool()
-{
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#define putenv _putenv
-#endif
-
-	const uint32_t N = std::max(std::min(std::thread::hardware_concurrency(), 4U), 8U);
-	LOGINFO(4, "running " << N << " threads in the UV thread pool");
-
-	char buf[40] = {};
-	log::Stream s(buf);
-	s << "UV_THREADPOOL_SIZE=" << N << '\0';
-
-	int err = putenv(buf);
-	if (err != 0) {
-		err = errno;
-		LOGWARN(1, "Couldn't set UV thread pool size to " << N << " threads, putenv returned error " << err);
-	}
-
-	static uv_work_t dummy;
-	return (uv_queue_work(uv_default_loop_checked(), &dummy, [](uv_work_t*) {}, nullptr) == 0);
-}
-
 bool init_signals(p2pool* pool, bool init)
 {
 #ifdef SIGPIPE
@@ -1549,11 +1526,6 @@ int p2pool::run()
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (!init_uv_threadpool()) {
-		LOGERR(1, "failed to start UV thread pool");
-		return 1;
-	}
-
 	if (!init_signals(this, true)) {
 		LOGERR(1, "failed to initialize signal handlers");
 		return 1;
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 297af1f..4be4f73 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,13 +55,30 @@ set(SOURCES
 	../src/zmq_reader.cpp
 )
 
+if (NOT STATIC_BINARY AND NOT STATIC_LIBS)
+	include(FindCURL)
+endif()
+
+if (CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+	include_directories(${CURL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+else()
+	include_directories(../external/src/curl/include)
+endif()
+
+if ((CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES MSVC) OR STATIC_BINARY OR STATIC_LIBS)
+	set(UV_INCLUDE_DIR ../external/src/libuv/include)
+	set(ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR ../external/src/libzmq/include)
+else()
+	find_path(UV_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES uv.h PATH_SUFFIXES "include")
+	find_path(ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES zmq.h PATH_SUFFIXES "include")
+endif()
+
 include_directories(../src)
 include_directories(../external/src)
 include_directories(../external/src/cryptonote)
-include_directories(../external/src/curl/include)
-include_directories(../external/src/libuv/include)
+include_directories(${UV_INCLUDE_DIR})
 include_directories(../external/src/cppzmq)
-include_directories(../external/src/libzmq/include)
+include_directories(${ZMQ_INCLUDE_DIR})
 include_directories(../external/src/RandomX/src)
 include_directories(../external/src/rapidjson/include)
 include_directories(../external/src/robin-hood-hashing/src/include)