diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index f9ae8a78d..1e1ef2811 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ SET(EXECUTABLE_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin)
 SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib)
 
 IF(WIN32)
-  FIND_PACKAGE(External REQUIRED)
-  FIND_PACKAGE(MFC QUIET)
+  IF(WITH_MFC)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(MFC QUIET)
+  ENDIF(WITH_MFC)
 
   IF(NOT DEFINED ENV{QTDIR})
     SET(ENV{QTDIR} "c:/qt/4.6.3")
@@ -86,15 +87,12 @@ ENDIF(NOT WIN32)
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #Platform specifics
 
-FIND_PACKAGE(Threads REQUIRED)
-FIND_PACKAGE(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
-FIND_PACKAGE(PNG REQUIRED)
-FIND_PACKAGE(Jpeg)
-
 IF(WIN32)
   INCLUDE(${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/Platform/Windows-cl.cmake)
   SET(WINSOCK2_LIB ws2_32.lib)
 
+  FIND_PACKAGE(External REQUIRED)
+  
   IF(${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} MATCHES "Common7")
     # convert IDE fullpath to VC++ path
     STRING(REGEX REPLACE "Common7/IDE/.+" "VC" VC_DIR ${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM})
@@ -102,13 +100,17 @@ IF(WIN32)
     # convert compiler fullpath to VC++ path
     STRING(REGEX REPLACE "VC/bin/.+" "VC" VC_DIR ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER})
   ENDIF(${CMAKE_MAKE_PROGRAM} MATCHES "Common7")
-  SET(VC_INCLUDE_DIR "${VC_DIR}/include")
 
   IF(WITH_MFC)
     FIND_PACKAGE(CustomMFC REQUIRED)
   ENDIF(WITH_MFC)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
+FIND_PACKAGE(Threads REQUIRED)
+FIND_PACKAGE(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
+FIND_PACKAGE(PNG REQUIRED)
+FIND_PACKAGE(Jpeg)
+
 IF(WITH_STATIC)
   # libxml2 could need winsock2 library
   SET(LIBXML2_DEFINITIONS ${LIBXML2_DEFINITIONS} -DLIBXML_STATIC)
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ IF(WITH_STLPORT)
   FIND_PACKAGE(STLport REQUIRED)
   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${STLPORT_INCLUDE_DIR})
   IF(WIN32)
+    SET(VC_INCLUDE_DIR "${VC_DIR}/include")
+
     FIND_PACKAGE(WindowsSDK REQUIRED)
     # use VC++ and Windows SDK include paths
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${VC_INCLUDE_DIR} ${WINSDK_INCLUDE_DIR})
diff --git a/code/CMakeModules/FindCustomMFC.cmake b/code/CMakeModules/FindCustomMFC.cmake
index 4445c5c1b..e37936ef0 100644
--- a/code/CMakeModules/FindCustomMFC.cmake
+++ b/code/CMakeModules/FindCustomMFC.cmake
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ IF(WITH_STLPORT OR NOT MFC_FOUND)
 
   # Display an error message if MFC are not found, MFC_FOUND is updated
   # User will be able to update MFC_DIR to the correct directory
+  INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
   FIND_PACKAGE_HANDLE_STANDARD_ARGS(MFC DEFAULT_MSG MFC_DIR)
 
   IF(MFC_FOUND)