diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 244bb160f..3ff126686 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,16 +50,17 @@ endif()
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/build/cmake")
 
 find_package(PkgConfig)
-pkg_search_module(SDL2 REQUIRED sdl2)
-pkg_search_module(SDL2_IMAGE REQUIRED SDL2_image)
-pkg_search_module(SDL2_MIXER REQUIRED SDL2_mixer)
-if(NOT ${SDL2_FOUND})
+pkg_search_module(SDL2 sdl2)
+pkg_search_module(SDL2_IMAGE SDL2_image)
+pkg_search_module(SDL2_MIXER SDL2_mixer)
+if(NOT "${SDL2_FOUND}")
+	message("looking for SDL2")
 	find_package(SDL2 REQUIRED)
 endif()
-if(NOT ${SDL2_IMAGE_FOUND})
+if(NOT "${SDL2_IMAGE_FOUND}")
 	find_package(SDL2_image REQUIRED)
 endif()
-if(NOT ${SDL2_MIXER_FOUND})
+if(NOT "${SDL2_MIXER_FOUND}")
 	find_package(SDL2_mixer REQUIRED)
 endif()
 link_directories(${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${SDL2_IMAGE_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${SDL2_MIXER_LIBRARY_DIRS})
diff --git a/build/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake b/build/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
index 252e4806f..334cd6e5d 100644
--- a/build/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
+++ b/build/cmake/FindSDL2.cmake
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # This module defines
 #  SDL2_LIBRARY, the name of the library to link against
 #  SDL2_FOUND, if false, do not try to link to SDL
-#  SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR, where to find SDL.h
+#  SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS, where to find SDL.h
 #  SDL2_VERSION_STRING, human-readable string containing the version of SDL2
 #
 # This module responds to the the flag:
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@
 # See the License for more information.
 #=============================================================================
 
-find_path(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR SDL.h
+find_path(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS SDL.h
   HINTS
     ENV SDLDIR
   PATH_SUFFIXES include/SDL2 include
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ find_library(SDL2_LIBRARY_TEMP
 )
 
 if(NOT SDL2_BUILDING_LIBRARY)
-  if(NOT ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR} MATCHES ".framework")
+  if(NOT ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS} MATCHES ".framework")
     # Non-OS X framework versions expect you to also dynamically link to
     # SDLmain. This is mainly for Windows and OS X. Other (Unix) platforms
     # seem to provide SDLmain for compatibility even though they don't
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ if(SDL2_LIBRARY_TEMP)
   set(SDL2_LIBRARY_TEMP "${SDL2_LIBRARY_TEMP}" CACHE INTERNAL "")
 endif()
 
-if(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR AND EXISTS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}/SDL_version.h")
-  file(STRINGS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}/SDL_version.h" SDL2_VERSION_MAJOR_LINE REGEX "^#define[ \t]+SDL_MAJOR_VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+$")
-  file(STRINGS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}/SDL_version.h" SDL2_VERSION_MINOR_LINE REGEX "^#define[ \t]+SDL_MINOR_VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+$")
-  file(STRINGS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR}/SDL_version.h" SDL2_VERSION_PATCH_LINE REGEX "^#define[ \t]+SDL_PATCHLEVEL[ \t]+[0-9]+$")
+if(SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS AND EXISTS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}/SDL_version.h")
+  file(STRINGS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}/SDL_version.h" SDL2_VERSION_MAJOR_LINE REGEX "^#define[ \t]+SDL_MAJOR_VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+$")
+  file(STRINGS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}/SDL_version.h" SDL2_VERSION_MINOR_LINE REGEX "^#define[ \t]+SDL_MINOR_VERSION[ \t]+[0-9]+$")
+  file(STRINGS "${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS}/SDL_version.h" SDL2_VERSION_PATCH_LINE REGEX "^#define[ \t]+SDL_PATCHLEVEL[ \t]+[0-9]+$")
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[ \t]+SDL_MAJOR_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+)$" "\\1" SDL2_VERSION_MAJOR "${SDL2_VERSION_MAJOR_LINE}")
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[ \t]+SDL_MINOR_VERSION[ \t]+([0-9]+)$" "\\1" SDL2_VERSION_MINOR "${SDL2_VERSION_MINOR_LINE}")
   string(REGEX REPLACE "^#define[ \t]+SDL_PATCHLEVEL[ \t]+([0-9]+)$" "\\1" SDL2_VERSION_PATCH "${SDL2_VERSION_PATCH_LINE}")
@@ -143,5 +143,5 @@ endif()
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 
 FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(SDL2
-                                  REQUIRED_VARS SDL2_LIBRARY SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR
+                                  REQUIRED_VARS SDL2_LIBRARY SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS
                                   VERSION_VAR SDL2_VERSION_STRING)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 17994167d..dac6ed195 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include_directories(. ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+include_directories(. ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 add_subdirectory(cdogs)
 add_subdirectory(cdogsed)
diff --git a/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt b/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt
index 02322acb4..6b25e67c6 100644
--- a/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/cdogs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+include_directories(${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 add_definitions(-DSTATIC)
 set(CDOGS_SOURCES
 	actor_placement.c