diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index c0d403f1..88abbea4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -78,17 +78,17 @@ find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 find_package(Iconv REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(SDL2 REQUIRED sdl2)
 pkg_check_modules(SLIRP slirp)
-pkg_check_modules(LIBARCHIVE REQUIRED libarchive)
-add_compile_definitions(ARCHIVE_SUPPORT_ENABLED)
 
 if (SLIRP_FOUND)
     option(ENABLE_LIBSLIRP "Enable use of libslirp for network sockets" ON)
-    message(STATUS "libslirp found, and libslirp support is enabled")
 else()
     option(ENABLE_LIBSLIRP "Enable use of libslirp for network sockets" OFF)
-    message(WARNING "libslirp not found, building without libslirp support!")
+    message(WARNING "libslirp was not found. Indirect-mode networking will be unavailable in this build.")
 endif()
 
+pkg_check_modules(LIBARCHIVE REQUIRED libarchive)
+add_compile_definitions(ARCHIVE_SUPPORT_ENABLED)
+
 if (WIN32 AND (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Release))
     add_executable(melonDS WIN32 ${SOURCES_QT_SDL})
 else()