diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 713df49..1e8b462 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 find_package(Boost COMPONENTS filesystem log serialization system thread program_options)
 find_package(PkgConfig)
 find_package(Threads)
+find_package(SDBus-C++ REQUIRED)
 find_package(EGL REQUIRED)
 find_package(GLESv2 REQUIRED)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index f677aa0..265a2eb 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,12 +6,3 @@ add_subdirectory(backward-cpp)
 set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} -Wno-error")
 add_subdirectory(cpu_features)
-include(ExternalProject)
-ExternalProject_Add(sdbus-cpp
-  PREFIX sdbus-cpp
-  SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/sdbus-cpp"
-  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-  CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
-        -DBUILD_CODE_GEN:BOOL=ON
-        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
-)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 796b881..a19da1b 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ include_directories(
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/android-emugl/host/libs/renderControl_dec
   ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/external/android-emugl/host/libs/renderControl_dec
   ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/cpu_features/include
-  ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/external/sdbus-cpp/include
 )
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DBINDERFS_PATH=\"\\\"${BINDERFS_PATH}\\\"\"")
@@ -59,7 +58,7 @@ add_library(anbox-protobuf
 target_link_libraries(anbox-protobuf
     ${PROTOBUF_LITE_LIBRARIES})
 
-set(XML2CPP ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/external/sdbus-cpp/src/sdbus-cpp-build/tools/sdbus-c++-xml2cpp)
+set(XML2CPP sdbus-c++-xml2cpp)
 
 macro(DBusServer BaseName)
     add_custom_command(