diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 08186a5a..09ea5422 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ IF( NOT NO_SDL )
         SET( CAN_BUILD_VBAM 1 )
     ENDIF( SDL_FOUND )
 ENDIF( NOT NO_SDL )
+IF( WITH_LIRC )
+        SET( WITHLIRC 1 )
+ENDIF( WITH_LIRC )
 
 # Check that the dependencies are met to build the GTK frontend
 IF( NOT NO_GTK )
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ IF( NOT SYSCONFDIR )
 ENDIF( NOT SYSCONFDIR )
 
 # C defines
-ADD_DEFINITIONS (-DHAVE_NETINET_IN_H -DHAVE_ARPA_INET_H -DHAVE_ZLIB_H -DFINAL_VERSION -DSDL -DUSE_OPENGL -DSYSCONFDIR='"${SYSCONFDIR}"')
+ADD_DEFINITIONS (-DHAVE_NETINET_IN_H -DHAVE_ARPA_INET_H -DHAVE_ZLIB_H -DFINAL_VERSION -DSDL -DUSE_OPENGL -DSYSCONFDIR='"${SYSCONFDIR}"' -DWITH_LIRC='${WITHLIRC}')
 
 ADD_DEFINITIONS (-DVERSION='"${VERSION}"' -DPKGDATADIR='"${PKGDATADIR}"' -DPACKAGE='')
 
@@ -253,6 +256,7 @@ IF( CAN_BUILD_VBAM )
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES (
         vbam
         vbamcore
+        lirc_client
         ${SDL_LIBRARY}
         ${ZLIB_LIBRARY}
         ${PNG_LIBRARY}
diff --git a/src/sdl/SDL.cpp b/src/sdl/SDL.cpp
index 1aeb00ff..41095655 100644
--- a/src/sdl/SDL.cpp
+++ b/src/sdl/SDL.cpp
@@ -68,6 +68,11 @@
 # include <getopt.h>
 #endif // ! __GNUC__
 
+#ifdef WITH_LIRC
+#include <sys/poll.h>
+#include <lirc/lirc_client.h>
+#endif
+
 extern bool soundEcho;
 extern bool soundLowPass;
 extern bool soundReverse;