diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a1d7d9530..b07dcea87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -227,6 +227,8 @@ find_package(fmt 10.2.0 CONFIG)
 find_package(glslang 15 CONFIG)
 find_package(half 1.12.0 MODULE)
 find_package(magic_enum 0.9.7 CONFIG)
+find_package(miniz 3.1 CONFIG)
+find_package(nlohmann_json 3.12 CONFIG)
 find_package(PNG 1.6 MODULE)
 find_package(OpenAL CONFIG)
 find_package(RenderDoc 1.6.0 MODULE)
@@ -1116,7 +1118,7 @@ create_target_directory_groups(shadps4)
 
 target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE magic_enum::magic_enum fmt::fmt toml11::toml11 tsl::robin_map xbyak::xbyak Tracy::TracyClient RenderDoc::API FFmpeg::ffmpeg Dear_ImGui gcn half::half ZLIB::ZLIB PNG::PNG)
 target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE Boost::headers GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator LibAtrac9 sirit Vulkan::Headers xxHash::xxhash Zydis::Zydis glslang::glslang SDL3::SDL3 SDL3_mixer::SDL3_mixer pugixml::pugixml)
-target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE stb::headers libusb::usb lfreist-hwinfo::hwinfo nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json miniz fdk-aac CLI11::CLI11 OpenAL::OpenAL Cpp_Httplib)
+target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE stb::headers libusb::usb lfreist-hwinfo::hwinfo nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json miniz::miniz fdk-aac CLI11::CLI11 OpenAL::OpenAL Cpp_Httplib)
 
 target_compile_definitions(shadps4 PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="imgui/imgui_config.h")
 target_compile_definitions(Dear_ImGui PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/imgui/imgui_config.h")
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f6e6ec4e..41a0f71c7 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -259,16 +259,19 @@ if (WIN32)
 add_subdirectory(ext-wepoll)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT TARGET fdk-aac)
 add_subdirectory(aacdec)
-endif()
 
 #nlohmann json 
+if (NOT TARGET nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
 set(JSON_BuildTests OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
 add_subdirectory(json)
+endif()
 
 # miniz
+if (NOT TARGET miniz::miniz)
 add_subdirectory(miniz)
+add_library(miniz::miniz ALIAS miniz)
+endif()
 
 # cli11
 if (NOT TARGET CLI11::CLI11)