diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindASSIMP.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindASSIMP.cmake
index 571085f..5b6c1cc 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindASSIMP.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindASSIMP.cmake
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ FIND_PATH( ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIR assimp/mesh.h
 	/usr/include
 	/usr/local/include
 	/opt/local/include
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/includes
 )
 FIND_LIBRARY( ASSIMP_LIBRARY assimp
 	/usr/lib64
 	/usr/lib
 	/usr/local/lib
 	/opt/local/lib
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib
 )
 IF(ASSIMP_INCLUDE_DIR AND ASSIMP_LIBRARY)
 	SET( ASSIMP_FOUND TRUE )
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindGLEW.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindGLEW.cmake
index 68c87f8..71db5d4 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindGLEW.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindGLEW.cmake
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 #
 IF (WIN32)
 	FIND_PATH( GLEW_INCLUDE_PATH GL/glew.h
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/includes
 	$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/GLEW/include
 	${GLEW_ROOT_DIR}/include
 	DOC "The directory where GL/glew.h resides")
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ IF (WIN32)
 		FIND_LIBRARY( GLEW_LIBRARY
 			NAMES glew GLEW glew32 glew32s
 			PATHS
+			${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib
 			$ENV{PROGRAMFILES}/GLEW/lib
 			${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/nvgl/glew/bin
 			${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/nvgl/glew/lib
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindGLFW3.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindGLFW3.cmake
index b50e684..27213bf 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindGLFW3.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindGLFW3.cmake
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 set( _glfw3_HEADER_SEARCH_DIRS
 "/usr/include"
 "/usr/local/include"
+"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/includes"
+"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib"
 "C:/Program Files (x86)/glfw/include" )
 set( _glfw3_LIB_SEARCH_DIRS
 "/usr/lib"
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindGLM.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindGLM.cmake
index 430049e..a499f14 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindGLM.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindGLM.cmake
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 SET(_glm_HEADER_SEARCH_DIRS
 "/usr/include"
 "/usr/local/include"
+"${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/includes"
 "C:/Program Files (x86)/glm" )
 # check environment variable
 SET(_glm_ENV_ROOT_DIR "$ENV{GLM_ROOT_DIR}")
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindSOIL.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindSOIL.cmake
index 36c10e3..81a703a 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindSOIL.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindSOIL.cmake
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 find_path(SOIL_INCLUDE_DIR_TMP SOIL.h
 	HINTS ${SOIL_ROOT_DIR}
 	PATH_SUFFIXES include/SOIL SOIL include
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/includes
+	${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib
 )
 if(${SOIL_INCLUDE_DIR_TMP} STREQUAL "SOIL_INCLUDE_DIR_TMP-NOTFOUND")
 	set(SOIL_INCLUDE_DIR ${SOIL_INCLUDE_DIR_TMP})