diff --git a/CI/before_script.osx.sh b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
index 164208f49b..c3822291df 100755
--- a/CI/before_script.osx.sh
+++ b/CI/before_script.osx.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ cmake \
 -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug \
 -D OPENMW_OSX_DEPLOYMENT=TRUE \
 -D DESIRED_QT_VERSION=5 \
--D OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH="$DEPENDENCIES_ROOT/lib/osgPlugins-3.4.0" \
 -D BUILD_ESMTOOL=FALSE \
 -D BUILD_MYGUI_PLUGIN=FALSE \
 -G"Unix Makefiles" \
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d73644b4c..77ff2416d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,55 +221,16 @@ IF(BOOST_STATIC)
 endif()
 
 find_package(OpenSceneGraph 3.3.4 REQUIRED osgDB osgViewer osgText osgGA osgAnimation osgParticle osgUtil osgFX)
-
 include_directories(${OPENSCENEGRAPH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
+get_filename_component(OSG_LIB_DIR ${OSGDB_LIBRARY} DIRECTORY)
+set(OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR "${OSG_LIB_DIR}/osgPlugins-${OPENSCENEGRAPH_VERSION}")
+
 if(OSG_STATIC)
-   macro(use_static_osg_plugin_library PLUGIN_NAME)
-      set(PLUGIN_NAME_DBG ${PLUGIN_NAME}d ${PLUGIN_NAME}D ${PLUGIN_NAME}_d ${PLUGIN_NAME}_D ${PLUGIN_NAME}_debug ${PLUGIN_NAME})
-
-      # For now, users wishing to do a static build will need to pass the path to where the plugins reside
-      # More clever logic would need to deduce the path, probably installed under <OpenSceneGraph>/lib/osgPlugins-<X.X.X>
-      include(FindPkgMacros)
-      find_library(${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY_REL NAMES ${PLUGIN_NAME} HINTS ${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH})
-      find_library(${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY_DBG NAMES ${PLUGIN_NAME_DBG} HINTS ${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH})
-      make_library_set(${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY)
-
-      if("${${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY}" STREQUAL "")
-         message(FATAL_ERROR "Unable to find static OpenSceneGraph plugin: ${PLUGIN_NAME}")
-      endif()
+    add_definitions(-DOSG_LIBRARY_STATIC)
 
-      set(OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES} ${${PLUGIN_NAME}_LIBRARY})
-   endmacro()
-
-   add_definitions(-DOSG_LIBRARY_STATIC)
-
-   set(PLUGIN_LIST
-       osgdb_png # depends on libpng, zlib
-       osgdb_tga
-       osgdb_dds
-       osgdb_jpeg # depends on libjpeg
-       )
-
-   foreach(PLUGIN ${PLUGIN_LIST})
-      use_static_osg_plugin_library(${PLUGIN})
-   endforeach()
-
-   # OSG static plugins need to linked against their respective dependencies
-   set(PLUGIN_DEPS_LIST
-       PNG # needed by osgdb_png
-       ZLIB # needed by osgdb_png
-       JPEG # needed by osgdb_jpeg
-       )
-
-   macro(use_static_osg_plugin_dep DEPENDENCY)
-      find_package(${DEPENDENCY} REQUIRED)
-
-      set(OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES ${OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES} ${${DEPENDENCY}_LIBRARIES})
-   endmacro()
-   foreach(DEPENDENCY ${PLUGIN_DEPS_LIST})
-      use_static_osg_plugin_dep(${DEPENDENCY})
-   endforeach()
+    find_package(OSGPlugins REQUIRED COMPONENTS osgdb_png osgdb_tga osgdb_dds osgdb_jpeg)
+    list(APPEND OPENSCENEGRAPH_LIBRARIES ${OSGPlugins_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 if(QT_STATIC)
@@ -764,11 +725,14 @@ if (APPLE)
                       )
 
     foreach (PLUGIN_NAME ${USED_OSG_PLUGINS})
-      set(PLUGIN_ABS "${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so")
+      set(PLUGIN_ABS "${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}/${PLUGIN_NAME}.so")
       set(ABSOLUTE_PLUGINS ${PLUGIN_ABS} ${ABSOLUTE_PLUGINS})
     endforeach ()
 
-    get_filename_component(OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX_DIR "${OSG_PLUGIN_LIB_SEARCH_PATH}" NAME)
+    get_filename_component(OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX_DIR "${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}" NAME)
+    if (NOT OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX_DIR)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't get directory name for OSG plugins from '${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}'")
+    endif()
 
     # installs used plugins in bundle at given path (bundle_path must be relative to ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
     # and returns list of install paths for all installed plugins
diff --git a/cmake/FindOSGPlugins.cmake b/cmake/FindOSGPlugins.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8220f33d4a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindOSGPlugins.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# This module accepts the following env variable
+#  OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR - <OpenSceneGraph>/lib/osgPlugins-<X.X.X> , path to search plugins
+#
+# Once done this will define
+#  OSGPlugins_FOUND         - System has the all required components.
+#  OSGPlugins_LIBRARIES     - Link these to use the required osg plugins components.
+#
+# Components:
+#   - osgdb_png
+#   - osgdb_tga
+#   - osgdb_dds
+#   - osgdb_jpeg
+
+include(LibFindMacros)
+include(Findosg_functions)
+
+if (NOT OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR)
+    set(_mode WARNING)
+    if (OSGPlugins_FIND_REQUIRED)
+        set(_mode FATAL_ERROR)
+    endif()
+    message(${_mode} "OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR variable must be set")
+endif()
+
+foreach(_library ${OSGPlugins_FIND_COMPONENTS})
+    string(TOUPPER ${_library} _library_uc)
+    set(_component OSGPlugins_${_library})
+
+    set(${_library_uc}_DIR ${OSGPlugins_LIB_DIR}) # to help function osg_find_library
+    set(_saved_lib_prefix ${CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES}) # save CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES "") # search libraries with no prefix
+    osg_find_library(${_library_uc} ${_library}) # find it into ${_library_uc}_LIBRARIES
+    set(CMAKE_FIND_LIBRARY_PREFIXES ${_saved_lib_prefix}) # restore prefix
+
+    if (${_library_uc}_LIBRARIES)
+        set(${_component}_LIBRARY ${${_library_uc}_LIBRARIES}) # fake as if we call find_library
+    else()
+        set(${_component}_LIBRARY ${_component}_LIBRARY-NOTFOUND)
+    endif()
+
+    list(APPEND OSGPlugins_PROCESS_LIBS ${_component}_LIBRARY)
+endforeach()
+
+foreach(_dependency PNG ZLIB JPEG) # needed by osgdb_png or osgdb_jpeg
+    libfind_package(OSGPlugins ${_dependency})
+    set(${_dependency}_LIBRARY_OPTS ${_dependency}_LIBRARY)
+    #list(APPEND OSGPlugins_PROCESS_LIBS ${_dependency}_LIBRARY)
+endforeach()
+
+libfind_process(OSGPlugins)