diff --git a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
index 3bf2f2182d..e4b3e497d1 100644
--- a/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SearchForStuff.cmake
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ if(Linux)
 endif()
 if(EGL_API)
     check_lib(EGL EGL EGL/egl.h)
+    check_lib(X11_XCB X11-xcb X11/Xlib-xcb.h)
 endif()
 if(OPENCL_API)
     check_lib(OPENCL OpenCL CL/cl.hpp)
diff --git a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
index c0e395dfbf..dd27d0183d 100644
--- a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ endif()
 #           -X11
 #           -zlib
 #---------------------------------------
-if(OPENGL_FOUND AND X11_FOUND AND GTKn_FOUND AND ZLIB_FOUND AND PNG_FOUND AND FREETYPE_FOUND AND LIBLZMA_FOUND AND (EGL_FOUND OR NOT EGL_API))
+if(OPENGL_FOUND AND X11_FOUND AND GTKn_FOUND AND ZLIB_FOUND AND PNG_FOUND AND FREETYPE_FOUND AND LIBLZMA_FOUND AND ((EGL_FOUND AND X11_XCB_FOUND) OR NOT EGL_API))
     set(GSdx TRUE)
 elseif(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/plugins/GSdx")
     set(GSdx FALSE)
diff --git a/plugins/GSdx/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/GSdx/CMakeLists.txt
index 18f6b3879d..86b556f882 100644
--- a/plugins/GSdx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/GSdx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ set(GSdxFinalLibs
 )
 
 if(EGL_API AND EGL_FOUND)
-    set(GSdxFinalLibs ${GSdxFinalLibs} ${EGL_LIBRARIES})
+    set(GSdxFinalLibs ${GSdxFinalLibs} ${EGL_LIBRARIES} ${X11_XCB_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
 if(USE_VTUNE)