diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df134f9c0..df2c2fdf8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ set(OPENMW_LIBS_HEADER)
 
 # Sound setup
 set(FFmpeg_FIND_COMPONENTS AVCODEC AVFORMAT AVUTIL SWSCALE SWRESAMPLE AVRESAMPLE)
+unset(FFMPEG_LIBRARIES CACHE)
 find_package(FFmpeg)
 if ( NOT AVCODEC_FOUND OR NOT AVFORMAT_FOUND OR NOT AVUTIL_FOUND OR NOT SWSCALE_FOUND )
     message(FATAL_ERROR "FFmpeg component required, but not found!")
@@ -150,10 +151,15 @@ if( SWRESAMPLE_FOUND )
     add_definitions(-DHAVE_LIBSWRESAMPLE)
     set(SOUND_INPUT_LIBRARY ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${SWRESAMPLE_LIBRARIES})
 else()
-    if( AVRESAMPLE_FOUND)
-        set(SOUND_INPUT_LIBRARY ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${AVRESAMPLE_LIBRARIES})
+    # restrict the use of libavresample to debian based system only
+    if(EXISTS "/etc/debian_version")
+        if( AVRESAMPLE_FOUND )
+            set(SOUND_INPUT_LIBRARY ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${AVRESAMPLE_LIBRARIES})
+        else()
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Libav libavresample required, but not found!")
+        endif()
     else()
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "FFmpeg component required, but not found!")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "FFmpeg libswresample required, but not found!")
     endif()
 endif()