diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 60c1cc69d..4de5dbc92 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
 	set( PROFILE CACHE 0 BOOL "Enable profiling with gprof for Debug and RelWithDebInfo build types." )
 endif( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX )
 
+find_package( BZip2 )
 find_package( JPEG )
 find_package( ZLIB )
 
@@ -90,10 +91,18 @@ else( JPEG_FOUND )
 	set( JPEG_LIBRARY jpeg )
 endif( JPEG_FOUND )
 
-set( BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bzip2" )
+if( BZIP2_FOUND )
+	message( STATUS "Using system bzip2 library" )
+else( BZIP2_FOUND )
+	message( STATUS "Using internal bzip2 library" )
+	add_subdirectory( bzip2 )
+	set( BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/bzip2" )
+	set( BZIP2_LIBRARIES bz2 )
+	set( BZIP2_LIBRARY bz2 )
+endif( BZIP2_FOUND)
+
 set( LZMA_INCLUDE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lzma/C" )
 
-add_subdirectory( bzip2 )
 add_subdirectory( lzma )
 add_subdirectory( tools )
 add_subdirectory( snes_spc )
diff --git a/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt b/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt
index 54b3849bc..e819f4cde 100644
--- a/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bzip2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ if( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUC )
 endif( CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUC )
 
 add_definitions( -DBZ_NO_STDIO )
-add_library( bzip2
+add_library( bz2
     blocksort.c
     bzlib.c
     compress.c
@@ -13,4 +13,4 @@ add_library( bzip2
     decompress.c
     huffman.c
     randtable.c )
-target_link_libraries( bzip2 )
+target_link_libraries( bz2 )
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b7398f25..a716327cf 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ add_custom_target( revision_check ALL
 
 # Libraries ZDoom needs
 
-set( ZDOOM_LIBS ${ZDOOM_LIBS} "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}" "${JPEG_LIBRARIES}" "${FMOD_LIBRARY}" )
+set( ZDOOM_LIBS ${ZDOOM_LIBS} "${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}" "${JPEG_LIBRARIES}" "${BZIP2_LIBRARIES}" "${FMOD_LIBRARY}" )
 include_directories( "${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${JPEG_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${FMOD_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${LZMA_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
 
 # Start defining source files for ZDoom
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ add_executable( zdoom WIN32
 set_source_files_properties( xlat/parse_xlat.cpp PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/xlat_parser.c" )
 set_source_files_properties( sc_man.cpp PROPERTIES OBJECT_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sc_man_scanner.h" )
 
-target_link_libraries( zdoom ${ZDOOM_LIBS} snes_spc gdtoa dumb bzip2 lzma )
+target_link_libraries( zdoom ${ZDOOM_LIBS} snes_spc gdtoa dumb lzma )
 include_directories( .
 	g_doom
 	g_heretic
diff --git a/tools/zipdir/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/zipdir/CMakeLists.txt
index 7dd6d63c3..40c4042b9 100644
--- a/tools/zipdir/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/zipdir/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ message(STATUS "${LZMA_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
 include_directories( "${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${BZIP2_INCLUDE_DIR}" "${LZMA_INCLUDE_DIR}" )
 add_executable( zipdir
 	zipdir.c )
-target_link_libraries( zipdir ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} bzip2 lzma )
+target_link_libraries( zipdir ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES} ${BZIP2_LIBRARIES} lzma )