diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a93216e6..53c5759c2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,13 +79,13 @@ check_include_files(fcntl.h HAVE_FCNTL_H)
 check_include_files(unistd.h HAVE_UNISTD_H)
 
 # Libraries that we have a hard dependency on
-find_package(OpenSSL REQUIRED)
+find_required_package(OpenSSL)
 
 if(NOT WIN32)
-	find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
-	find_optional_package(ALSA)
+	find_required_package(ZLIB)
+	find_suggested_package(ALSA)
 	find_optional_package(PulseAudio)
-	find_optional_package(Cups)
+	find_suggested_package(Cups)
 endif()
 
 # Endian
diff --git a/client/CMakeLists.txt b/client/CMakeLists.txt
index c97ad2a4e..36bed424d 100644
--- a/client/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
 	add_subdirectory(test)
 
 	# Build X11 Client
-	find_optional_package(X11)
+	find_suggested_package(X11)
 	if(X11_FOUND)
 		add_subdirectory(X11)
 	endif()
diff --git a/client/X11/CMakeLists.txt b/client/X11/CMakeLists.txt
index cbae05848..ef15d2eb5 100644
--- a/client/X11/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/client/X11/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ if(WITH_MANPAGES)
 	install(FILES xfreerdp.1 DESTINATION share/man/man1)
 endif()
 
-find_optional_package(Xinerama)
+find_suggested_package(Xinerama)
 if(XINERAMA_FOUND)
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_XINERAMA -DWITH_XEXT)
 	include_directories(${XINERAMA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	target_link_libraries(xfreerdp ${XINERAMA_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-find_optional_package(Xext)
+find_suggested_package(Xext)
 if(XEXT_FOUND)
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_XEXT)
 	include_directories(${XEXT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 	target_link_libraries(xfreerdp ${XEXT_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
-find_optional_package(Xcursor)
+find_suggested_package(Xcursor)
 if(Xcursor_FOUND)
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_XCURSOR)
 	include_directories(${Xcursor_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/cmake/FindOptionalPackage.cmake b/cmake/FindOptionalPackage.cmake
index dd89f7eb0..792df37dc 100644
--- a/cmake/FindOptionalPackage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindOptionalPackage.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # - FindOptionalPackage
 # Enable or disable optional packages. Also force optional packages.
 #
-#  This module defines the following variables:
+#  This module defines the following macros:
+#    find_required_package   : find a required package, can not be disabled
+#    find_suggested_package  : find a suggested package - required but can be disabled
+#    find_optional_package   : find an optional package - required only if enabled
 #
 
 #=============================================================================
@@ -20,15 +23,29 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #=============================================================================
 
+macro(find_required_package _normal_package)
+	find_package(${_normal_package} REQUIRED)
+endmacro(find_required_package)
+
+macro(find_suggested_package _normal_package)
+	string(TOUPPER ${_normal_package} _upper_package)
+	option(WITH_${_upper_package} "Add dependency to ${_normal_package} - recommended" ON)
+	
+	if(NOT WITHOUT_${_upper_package})
+		message(STATUS "Finding suggested package ${_normal_package}.")
+		message(STATUS "  Disable this using \"-DWITH_${_upper_package}=OFF\".")
+		find_package(${_normal_package} REQUIRED)
+	endif(NOT WITHOUT_${_upper_package})
+endmacro(find_suggested_package)
 
 macro(find_optional_package _normal_package)
-	STRING(TOUPPER ${_normal_package} _upper_package)
-	OPTION(WITH_${_upper_package} "Force dependencies to ${_normal_package}" OFF)
-	OPTION(WITHOUT_${_upper_package} "Never depend on ${_normal_package}" OFF)
+	string(TOUPPER ${_normal_package} _upper_package)
+	option(WITH_${_upper_package} "Add dependency to ${_normal_package}" OFF)
 
 	if(WITH_${_upper_package})
 		find_package(${_normal_package} REQUIRED)
-	elseif(NOT WITHOUT_${_upper_package})
-		find_package(${_normal_package})
+	else(WITH_${_upper_package})
+		message(STATUS "Skipping optional package ${_normal_package}.")
+		message(STATUS "  Enable this using \"-DWITH_${_upper_package}=ON\".")
 	endif(WITH_${_upper_package})
 endmacro(find_optional_package)
diff --git a/libfreerdp-kbd/CMakeLists.txt b/libfreerdp-kbd/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a07932d5..d5dfec87c 100644
--- a/libfreerdp-kbd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libfreerdp-kbd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ set(FREERDP_KBD_SRCS
 
 add_library(freerdp-kbd SHARED ${FREERDP_KBD_SRCS})
 
-find_optional_package(XKBFile)
+find_suggested_package(XKBFile)
 if(XKBFILE_FOUND)
 	add_definitions(-DWITH_XKBFILE)
 	include_directories(${XKBFILE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
diff --git a/libfreerdp-utils/CMakeLists.txt b/libfreerdp-utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 71a9eda63..b869f5de9 100644
--- a/libfreerdp-utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libfreerdp-utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 set(CMAKE_THREAD_PREFER_PTHREAD)
-find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
+find_required_package(Threads)
 
 set(FREERDP_UTILS_SRCS
 	args.c