diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f61c2158..33d72663 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -149,7 +149,13 @@ if (WIN32)
   include_directories(deps/openal-soft/include)
   set(LOVR_OPENAL OpenAL32)
 elseif(NOT EMSCRIPTEN)
-  pkg_search_module(OPENAL REQUIRED openal)
+  pkg_search_module(OPENAL openal-soft)
+  if (NOT OPENAL_FOUND)
+    pkg_search_module(OPENAL openal)
+    if (NOT OPENAL_FOUND)
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "OpenAL not found.")
+    endif()
+  endif()
   include_directories(${OPENAL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   string(REPLACE ";" " " OPENAL_LDFLAGS_STR "${OPENAL_LDFLAGS}")
   set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} ${OPENAL_LDFLAGS_STR}")