diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 018d9ea0..827bf33e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -312,19 +312,15 @@ IF (WIN32)
   endif (CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 4)
 endif (WIN32)
 
-# on BSD this must be explicitly linked
-if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
-  # Not needed on Debian GNU/kFreeBSD..
-  if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "kFreeBSD")
-    find_library(EXECINFO_LIBRARY NAMES execinfo)
-  endif (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "kFreeBSD")
-
-  # OpenBSD needs the X11 include directory in order to find GL/glu.h
-  if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
-    find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
-    include_directories(${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
-  endif ()
-endif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
+# Find libexecinfo and libintl for musl
+find_library(EXECINFO_LIBRARY NAMES execinfo)
+find_library(INTL_LIBRARY NAMES intl)
+
+# OpenBSD needs the X11 include directory in order to find GL/glu.h
+if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
+  find_package(X11 REQUIRED)
+  include_directories(${X11_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif ()
 
 if (NOT DEFINED WL_VERSION)
   include (${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/BzrRevision.cmake)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 31f5a76e..1f27495f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -140,9 +140,9 @@ wl_library(widelands_options
     logic_filesystem_constants
 )
 
-if (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
-  target_link_libraries(widelands_ball_of_mud ${EXECINFO_LIBRARY})
-endif (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "OpenBSD")
+if (EXECINFO_LIBRARY OR INTL_LIBRARY)
+	target_link_libraries(widelands_ball_of_mud ${EXECINFO_LIBRARY} ${INTL_LIBRARY})
+endif (EXECINFO_LIBRARY OR INTL_LIBRARY)
 
 if (WIN32)
   target_link_libraries(widelands_ball_of_mud wsock32)