diff --git a/fggl/audio/openal/CMakeLists.txt b/fggl/audio/openal/CMakeLists.txt
index df765a022612919005f34ebd8c19205d6d4e8e39..0e2bc57fd84bf405904d8ad1cd303c2d8c9571f2 100644
--- a/fggl/audio/openal/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/fggl/audio/openal/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
-find_package( OpenAL CONFIG REQUIRED )
-target_link_libraries( fggl PUBLIC OpenAL::OpenAL )
+find_package( OpenAL CONFIG )
+if ( NOT OpenAL_FOUND )
+    # ubuntu openal-soft package doesn't seem to have a config file
+    find_package( OpenAL REQUIRED )
+endif()
+
+if ( TARGET OpenAL::OpenAL )
+    target_link_libraries( fggl PUBLIC OpenAL::OpenAL )
+else()
+    target_link_libraries( fggl PUBLIC OpenAL )
+endif()
 
 target_sources(fggl
     PRIVATE