diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ac7c3ce90..6ea6c650e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -172,6 +172,8 @@ macro(yuzu_find_packages)
         "nlohmann_json     3.8         nlohmann_json/3.8.0"
         "ZLIB              1.2         zlib/1.2.11"
         "zstd              1.4         zstd/1.4.8"
+    # can't use opus until AVX check is fixed: https://github.com/yuzu-emu/yuzu/pull/4068
+        #"opus              1.3         opus/1.3.1"
     )
 
     foreach(PACKAGE ${REQUIRED_LIBS})
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 851c282b4..891a47c3c 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,4 +97,8 @@ if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
 endif()
 
 # Opus
-add_subdirectory(opus)
+find_package(opus 1.3)
+if (NOT opus_FOUND)
+    message(STATUS "opus 1.3 or newer not found, falling back to externals")
+    add_subdirectory(opus EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+endif()
diff --git a/externals/find-modules/Findopus.cmake b/externals/find-modules/Findopus.cmake
index de84bd995..2bce56122 100644
--- a/externals/find-modules/Findopus.cmake
+++ b/externals/find-modules/Findopus.cmake
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ if(opus_FOUND)
 endif()
 
 if(opus_FOUND AND NOT TARGET Opus::Opus)
-  add_library(Opus::Opus UNKNOWN IMPORTED)
+  add_library(Opus::Opus UNKNOWN IMPORTED GLOBAL)
   set_target_properties(Opus::Opus PROPERTIES
     IMPORTED_LOCATION "${opus_LIBRARY}"
     INTERFACE_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${PC_opus_CFLAGS_OTHER}"
diff --git a/externals/opus/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/opus/CMakeLists.txt
index 94a86551f..16f5af9f2 100644
--- a/externals/opus/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/opus/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -252,3 +252,5 @@ PRIVATE
     opus/silk/float
     opus/src
 )
+
+add_library(Opus::Opus ALIAS opus)
diff --git a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 17f251c37..e51a19e2d 100644
--- a/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -666,7 +666,7 @@ endif()
 create_target_directory_groups(core)
 
 target_link_libraries(core PUBLIC common PRIVATE audio_core video_core)
-target_link_libraries(core PUBLIC Boost::boost PRIVATE fmt::fmt nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json mbedtls opus zip)
+target_link_libraries(core PUBLIC Boost::boost PRIVATE fmt::fmt nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json mbedtls Opus::Opus zip)
 
 if (YUZU_ENABLE_BOXCAT)
     target_compile_definitions(core PRIVATE -DYUZU_ENABLE_BOXCAT)