diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e55fd9d20c..c6ba69ad58 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ option( NO_OPENAL "Disable OpenAL sound support" OFF )
 
 find_package( BZip2 )
 find_package( JPEG )
+find_package( VPX )
 find_package( ZLIB )
 
 include( TargetArch )
diff --git a/cmake/FindVPX.cmake b/cmake/FindVPX.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..160ff06181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindVPX.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+find_path(VPX_INCLUDE_DIR NAMES vpx/vp8dx.h vpx/vpx_decoder.h)
+find_library(VPX_LIBRARIES NAMES vpx)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(VPX DEFAULT_MSG VPX_LIBRARIES VPX_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+mark_as_advanced(VPX_INCLUDE_DIR VPX_LIBRARIES)