diff --git a/.cmake/DependencyDetection.cmake b/.cmake/DependencyDetection.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c49540cc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.cmake/DependencyDetection.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+macro(find_vendor_library target_var library_name)
+    find_library(${target_var} NAMES ${library_name} PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES} NO_DEFAULT_PATH NO_CACHE)
+    message(STATUS "[dependency-detection] ${BoldBlue}'${library_name}' library resolved to '${${target_var}}'${ColorReset}")
+endmacro(find_vendor_library)
+
+macro(find_header header_name)
+    find_path(TEMP ${header_name} HINTS ${PROJECT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES} REQUIRED NO_CACHE)
+    if (${TEMP} MATCHES "TEMP-NOTFOUND")
+        message(STATUS "[dependency-detection] ${BoldRed}'${header_name}' COULD NOT BE FOUND!${ColorReset}")
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "[dependency-detection] ${BoldBlue}'${header_name}' resolved to '${TEMP}'${ColorReset}")
+    endif()
+    unset(TEMP)
+endmacro(find_library_and_header)
+
+macro(find_library_and_header target_var library_name header_name)
+    find_library(${target_var} NAMES ${library_name} NO_CACHE)
+    message(STATUS "[dependency-detection] ${BoldBlue}'${library_name}' library resolved to '${${target_var}}'${ColorReset}")
+    find_header(${header_name})
+endmacro(find_library_and_header)
diff --git a/.cmake/FindVendorLibrary.cmake b/.cmake/FindVendorLibrary.cmake
deleted file mode 100644
index 5f95685ef..000000000
--- a/.cmake/FindVendorLibrary.cmake
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-macro(find_vendor_library target_var library_name)
-    find_library(${target_var} NAMES ${library_name} PATHS ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES} NO_DEFAULT_PATH NO_CACHE)
-    message(STATUS "[find-vendor-library] ${BoldBlue}'${library_name}' library resolved to '${${target_var}}'${ColorReset}")
-endmacro(find_vendor_library)
-
-macro(find_library_and_header target_var library_name header_name)
-    find_library(${target_var} NAMES ${library_name} NO_CACHE)
-    message(STATUS "[find-library-and-header] ${BoldBlue}'${library_name}' library resolved to '${${target_var}}'${ColorReset}")
-
-    find_path(TEMP ${header_name} REQUIRED NO_CACHE)
-    if (${TEMP} MATCHES "TEMP-NOTFOUND")
-        message(STATUS "[find-library-and-header] ${BoldRed}'${header_name}' COULD NOT BE FOUND!${ColorReset}")
-    else()
-        message(STATUS "[find-library-and-header] ${BoldBlue}'${header_name}' resolved to '${TEMP}'${ColorReset}")
-    endif()
-    unset(TEMP)
-endmacro(find_library_and_header)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 59af0afa5..0d513f1c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ include(AddDarwinSystemLibs)
 include(AddLinuxSystemLibs)
 include(ConfigureCurses)
 include(ConfigureCompilerFlags)
-include(FindVendorLibrary)
+include(DependencyDetection)
 
 if (NOT DEFINED ENV{HOMEBREW_PREFIX} AND NOT ${BUILD_STANDALONE} MATCHES "true")
   find_program(CCACHE_FOUND ccache)
@@ -52,7 +52,9 @@ message(STATUS "[vendor-link-directories] ${VENDOR_LINK_DIRECTORIES}")
 message(STATUS "[vendor-include-directories] ${VENDOR_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES}")
 message(STATUS "[os-system-libs] ${DEFAULT_OS_SYSTEM_LIBS}")
 
-include_directories(
+list(
+  APPEND
+  PROJECT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
   "${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/src"
   "${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/src/musikcore"
   "${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/src/musikcube"
@@ -60,6 +62,8 @@ include_directories(
   "${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/src/3rdparty/include"
   "${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/src/3rdparty/asio/asio/include")
 
+include_directories(${PROJECT_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
+
 link_directories("${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/plugins")
 
 # these are used to (1) disable the standalone ASIO from trying to use
diff --git a/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt b/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt
index 415306a05..9d47f977b 100644
--- a/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/musikcore/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ add_library(musikcore SHARED ${CORE_SOURCES})
 set_target_properties(musikcore PROPERTIES LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${musikcube_SOURCE_DIR}/bin)
 target_link_libraries(musikcore ${musikcube_LINK_LIBS})
 target_include_directories(musikcore BEFORE PRIVATE ${VENDOR_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES})
+find_header(asio.hpp)
 
 if (ENABLE_PCH MATCHES "true")
     message(STATUS "[musikcore] enabling precompiled headers")