diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 056fec2cd..4580f1e14 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -103,7 +103,14 @@ add_subdirectory(src/plugins/httpdatastream)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/stockencoders)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/supereqdsp)
 add_subdirectory(src/plugins/gmedecoder)
-add_subdirectory(src/plugins/libopenmptdecoder)
+
+find_library(LIBOPENMPT NAMES openmpt)
+if ("${LIBOPENMPT}" STREQUAL "LIBOPENMPT-NOTFOUND")
+  message(STATUS "[libopenmpt] *not* found! plugin will not be built.")
+else()
+  message(STATUS "[libopenmpt] enabled = true; found library at ${LIBOPENMPT}")
+  add_subdirectory(src/plugins/libopenmptdecoder)
+endif()
 
 if (${FFMPEG_ENABLED} MATCHES "false")
   message(STATUS "[ffmpeg] enabled = false")
diff --git a/musikcube.spec b/musikcube.spec
index abb485faa..674a6c57c 100644
--- a/musikcube.spec
+++ b/musikcube.spec
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ Summary: A cross-platform, terminal-based audio engine, library, player and serv
 Source0: https://github.com/clangen/musikcube/archive/%{version}.tar.gz#/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 License: BSD-3-Clause
 Packager: David Muckle <dvdmuckle@dvdmuckle.xyz>
-BuildRequires: gcc-c++ cmake boost-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel ffmpeg-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel openssl-devel libcurl-devel libmicrohttpd-devel lame-devel libev-devel taglib-devel systemd-devel make libopenmpt-devel
-Requires: boost libogg libvorbis ffmpeg-libs ncurses zlib alsa-lib pulseaudio-libs openssl libcurl libmicrohttpd lame libev taglib libopenmpt-dev
+BuildRequires: gcc-c++ cmake boost-devel libogg-devel libvorbis-devel ffmpeg-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel alsa-lib-devel pulseaudio-libs-devel openssl-devel libcurl-devel libmicrohttpd-devel lame-devel libev-devel taglib-devel systemd-devel make
+Requires: boost libogg libvorbis ffmpeg-libs ncurses zlib alsa-lib pulseaudio-libs openssl libcurl libmicrohttpd lame libev taglib
 
 %description