diff --git a/3rdParty/SDL_audiolib/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/SDL_audiolib/CMakeLists.txt
index 8c5bc1227..b17a80695 100644
--- a/3rdParty/SDL_audiolib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/SDL_audiolib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,5 @@ FetchContent_Declare(SDL_audiolib
   URL https://github.com/realnc/SDL_audiolib/archive/1a69135313c79817b38a3a99826d4ac28d627fdf.tar.gz
   URL_HASH MD5=0bb189ccf8d26e01d10a97a24d298d2a)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailableExcludeFromAll(SDL_audiolib)
+
+add_library(SDL_audiolib::SDL_audiolib ALIAS SDL_audiolib)
diff --git a/CMake/Dependencies.cmake b/CMake/Dependencies.cmake
index e591174b5..a76847068 100644
--- a/CMake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/CMake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -118,7 +118,16 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(NOT NOSOUND)
-  dependency_options("SDL_audiolib" DEVILUTIONX_SYSTEM_SDL_AUDIOLIB OFF DEVILUTIONX_STATIC_SDL_AUDIOLIB)
+  if(NOT DEFINED DEVILUTIONX_SYSTEM_SDL_AUDIOLIB)
+    find_package(SDL_audiolib QUIET)
+    if(SDL_audiolib_FOUND)
+      message("-- Found SDL_audiolib")
+    else()
+      message("-- Suitable system SDL_audiolib package not found, will use SDL_audiolib from source")
+      set(DEVILUTIONX_SYSTEM_SDL_AUDIOLIB OFF)
+    endif()
+  endif()
+  dependency_options("SDL_audiolib" DEVILUTIONX_SYSTEM_SDL_AUDIOLIB ON DEVILUTIONX_STATIC_SDL_AUDIOLIB)
   if(DEVILUTIONX_SYSTEM_SDL_AUDIOLIB)
     find_package(SDL_audiolib REQUIRED)
   else()
diff --git a/CMake/finders/FindSDL_audiolib.cmake b/CMake/finders/FindSDL_audiolib.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c9629e31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CMake/finders/FindSDL_audiolib.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+find_package(PkgConfig)
+pkg_check_modules(PC_SDL_audiolib QUIET SDL_audiolib)
+
+find_path(SDL_audiolib_INCLUDE_DIR aulib.h
+          HINTS ${PC_SDL_audiolib_INCLUDEDIR} ${PC_SDL_audiolib_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+find_library(SDL_audiolib_LIBRARY
+             NAMES SDL_audiolib libSDL_audiolib
+             HINTS ${PC_SDL_audiolib_LIBDIR} ${PC_SDL_audiolib_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(SDL_audiolib DEFAULT_MSG
+                                  SDL_audiolib_INCLUDE_DIR SDL_audiolib_LIBRARY)
+
+if(SDL_audiolib_FOUND AND NOT TARGET SDL_audiolib::SDL_audiolib)
+  add_library(SDL_audiolib::SDL_audiolib UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+  set_target_properties(SDL_audiolib::SDL_audiolib PROPERTIES
+                        IMPORTED_LOCATION ${SDL_audiolib_LIBRARY}
+                        INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${SDL_audiolib_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif()
+
+if(SDL_audiolib_FOUND)
+  mark_as_advanced(SDL_audiolib_INCLUDE_DIR SDL_audiolib_LIBRARY)
+  set(SDL_audiolib_LIBRARIES ${SDL_audiolib_LIBRARY})
+  set(SDL_audiolib_INCLUDE_DIRS ${SDL_audiolib_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif()