diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec81f86..05963aa 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ endif()
 # add SDL
 #########
 find_package( SDL2 REQUIRED )
+include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 #set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS FALSE)
 set( Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED TRUE )
@@ -180,7 +181,7 @@ elseif( COMPILER_IS_CLANG )
     target_link_libraries( ppplay stdc++ )
 endif()
 
-target_link_libraries( ppplay ppplay_core ppplay_module_base ppplay_ppg ppplay_output_sdl ppplay_output_wav ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY} SDL2::SDL2 SDL2::SDL2main )
+target_link_libraries( ppplay ppplay_core ppplay_module_base ppplay_ppg ppplay_output_sdl ppplay_output_wav ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY} ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} )
 
 #########
 # link libraries
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a09942..4032a9f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ add_library(ppplay_core STATIC
     output/volumeobserver.h
 )
 
-target_link_libraries(ppplay_core PUBLIC ppplay_stream ${SDL2_LIBRARY} ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY} SDL2::SDL2)
+target_link_libraries(ppplay_core PUBLIC ppplay_stream ${Boost_SYSTEM_LIBRARY} ${SDL2_LIBRARIES} pthread)
 if(WITH_MP3LAME)
 	target_link_libraries(ppplay_core PUBLIC ${mp3lame_LIB})
 endif()
diff --git a/src/adplug/CMakeLists.txt b/src/adplug/CMakeLists.txt
index ef56686..e10d2b9 100644
--- a/src/adplug/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/adplug/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,6 +108,6 @@ set(BADPLAY_SRCS
 add_executable(badplay ${BADPLAY_SRCS})
 add_subdirectory(bankgen)
 
-target_link_libraries(badplay PUBLIC ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY} ppplay_core ppplay_opl ppplay_bankdb badplay_compression SDL2::SDL2 SDL2::SDL2main)
+target_link_libraries(badplay PUBLIC ${Boost_PROGRAM_OPTIONS_LIBRARY} ppplay_core ppplay_opl ppplay_bankdb badplay_compression ${SDL2_LIBRARIES})
 
 install(TARGETS badplay DESTINATION bin COMPONENT application)