diff -urN a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt	2015-12-04 22:59:30.000000000 +0100
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt	2016-01-18 10:00:12.039030971 +0100
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 MESSAGE( STATUS "GEXIV2_INCLUDE_DIRS:         " ${GEXIV2_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
 MESSAGE( STATUS "GEXIV2_LIBRARY_DIRS:         " ${GEXIV2_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
 
-#pkg_check_modules(LENSFUN lensfun)
-#MESSAGE( STATUS "LENSFUN_INCLUDE_DIRS:         " ${LENSFUN_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
-#MESSAGE( STATUS "LENSFUN_LIBRARY_DIRS:         " ${LENSFUN_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
-#MESSAGE( STATUS "LENSFUN_LIBRARIES:         " ${LENSFUN_LIBRARIES})
+pkg_check_modules(LENSFUN REQUIRED lensfun)
+MESSAGE( STATUS "LENSFUN_INCLUDE_DIRS:         " ${LENSFUN_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "LENSFUN_LIBRARY_DIRS:         " ${LENSFUN_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
+MESSAGE( STATUS "LENSFUN_LIBRARIES:         " ${LENSFUN_LIBRARIES})
 
 
 IF(NOT MINGW)
diff -urN a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt	2015-12-04 22:59:30.000000000 +0100
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt	2016-01-18 10:01:28.622715365 +0100
@@ -55,11 +55,11 @@
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external)
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/external/LibRaw)
 
-#if(LENSFUN_FOUND)
-#  link_directories( ${LENSFUN_LIBRARY_DIRS}  )
-#  include_directories( ${LENSFUN_INCLUDE_DIRS}  )  
-  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-DPF_HAS_LENSFUN")
-#endif()
+if(LENSFUN_FOUND)
+  link_directories( ${LENSFUN_LIBRARY_DIRS}  )
+  include_directories( ${LENSFUN_INCLUDE_DIRS}  )  
+  set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-DPF_HAS_LENSFUN")
+endif()
 
 include_directories(${OPENEXR_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${TIFF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -152,15 +152,6 @@
 list(APPEND LIB_DEPS libraw_r)
 list(APPEND STATIC_LIBS libraw_static)
 
-LIST(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH " ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/external/lensfun/cmake/modules ")
-set(BUILD_STATIC "ON")
-add_library(lensfun_static STATIC IMPORTED)
-set_target_properties(lensfun_static PROPERTIES IMPORTED_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/external/lensfun/libs/lensfun/liblensfun.a)
-add_subdirectory(external/lensfun)
-list(APPEND LIB_DEPS lensfun)
-list(APPEND STATIC_LIBS lensfun_static)
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/include)
-
 #FILE(GLOB LibRawIncludes external/LibRaw/libraw/*.h)
 #set(LibRawSources external/LibRaw/internal/dcraw_common.cpp external/LibRaw/src/libraw_cxx.cpp external/LibRaw/internal/dcraw_fileio.cpp external/LibRaw/internal/demosaic_packs.cpp external/LibRaw/src/libraw_c_api.cpp external/LibRaw/src/libraw_datastream.cpp)
 
@@ -221,7 +212,7 @@
   ${EXIF_LIBRARIES}
   ${EXIV2_LIBRARIES}
   ${GEXIV2_LIBRARIES}
-  #${LENSFUN_LIBRARIES}
+  ${LENSFUN_LIBRARIES}
   ${SIGC2_LIBRARIES}
   ${PANGO_LIBRARIES} ${PANGOFT2_LIBRARIES} 
   ${PIXMAN_LIBRARIES} 
@@ -258,7 +249,7 @@
   ${EXIF_LIBRARIES}
   ${EXIV2_LIBRARIES}
   ${GEXIV2_LIBRARIES}
-  #${LENSFUN_LIBRARIES}
+  ${LENSFUN_LIBRARIES}
   ${SIGC2_LIBRARIES}
   ${PANGO_LIBRARIES} ${PANGOFT2_LIBRARIES} 
   ${GLIBMM_LIBRARIES}