diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 780b802..2f0b489 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,14 +53,13 @@ include(GetGitRevisionDescription)
 include(InstallRequiredSystemLibraries)
 include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(ExternalProject)
-include(BuildLibMPEG2)
 
 use_cxx11( )
 
 PKG_SEARCH_MODULE(SDL2 REQUIRED sdl2)
 PKG_SEARCH_MODULE(SDL2_TTF REQUIRED SDL2_ttf)
 PKG_SEARCH_MODULE(SDL2_MIXER REQUIRED SDL2_mixer)
-build_libmpeg2( )
+PKG_SEARCH_MODULE(MPEG2 REQUIRED libmpeg2)
 
 message(STATUS "Target: ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} ${CMAKE_TARGET_ARCHITECTURES}")
 
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ add_subdirectory(timer)
 add_subdirectory(video)
 add_subdirectory(vldp)
 
-add_dependencies( vldp libmpeg2 )
 add_dependencies( ldp-out vldp )
 add_dependencies( game vldp )
 add_dependencies( sound vldp )
diff --git a/src/vldp/vldp_internal.cpp b/src/vldp/vldp_internal.cpp
index 16a74cb..2605011 100644
--- a/src/vldp/vldp_internal.cpp
+++ b/src/vldp/vldp_internal.cpp
@@ -40,9 +40,9 @@
 #include <plog/Log.h>
 
 #include <inttypes.h>
-
+extern "C" {
 #include <mpeg2.h>
-
+}
 #ifdef VLDP_DEBUG
 #define FRAMELOG "frame_report.txt"
 #endif
diff --git a/src/vldp/vldp_internal.h b/src/vldp/vldp_internal.h
index 88450e9..1ea83ef 100644
--- a/src/vldp/vldp_internal.h
+++ b/src/vldp/vldp_internal.h
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@
 #define VLDP_INTERNAL_H
 
 #include "vldp.h" // for the VLDP_BOOL definition and SDL.h
-
+extern "C" {
 #include <mpeg2.h>
-
+}
 // this is which version of the .dat file format we are using
 #define DAT_VERSION 3