diff --git a/plugins/obs-x264/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/obs-x264/CMakeLists.txt

index 958d553c8..59ea67205 100644

--- a/plugins/obs-x264/CMakeLists.txt

+++ b/plugins/obs-x264/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@

 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.28...3.30)

-find_package(Libx264 REQUIRED)

+find_package(Libx264)

+if(Libx264_FOUND)

 if(NOT TARGET OBS::opts-parser)

   add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/shared/opts-parser" "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/shared/opts-parser")

 endif()

@@ -20,3 +21,4 @@ endif()

 set_target_properties_obs(obs-x264 PROPERTIES FOLDER plugins/obs-x264 PREFIX "")

 include(cmake/x264-test.cmake)

+endif()

​