--- a/src/framework/audio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/framework/audio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -242,10 +242,10 @@ if (MUSE_MODULE_AUDIO_EXPORT)
         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/internal/soundtracks/soundtrackwriter.h
         )
 
-    add_subdirectory(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/thirdparty/lame lame EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+    pkg_check_modules(lame REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET lame)
     set(MODULE_LINK
         ${MODULE_LINK}
-        lame
+        PkgConfig::lame
     )
 
     include(cmake/SetupOpusEnc.cmake)
--- a/src/framework/audio/internal/encoders/mp3encoder.cpp
+++ b/src/framework/audio/internal/encoders/mp3encoder.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 #include "mp3encoder.h"
 
-#include "lame.h"
+#include "lame/lame.h"
 
 #include "log.h"