diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94b52e0156..a890949837 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,8 +142,16 @@ else()
 endif()
 option(OSG_STATIC "Link static build of OpenSceneGraph into the binaries" ${_osg_static_default})
 
+# variable to easily check if vcpkg is being used
+if(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE MATCHES ".*[vV][cC][pP][kK][gG].*")
+    set(USING_VCPKG TRUE)
+else()
+    set(USING_VCPKG FALSE)
+endif()
+
 option(OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_MYGUI "Use system provided mygui library" ON)
-if(OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_MYGUI)
+# on windows the "system provided" mygui from vcpkg is static
+if(OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_MYGUI AND NOT USING_VCPKG)
     set(_mygui_static_default OFF)
 else()
     set(_mygui_static_default ON)
diff --git a/cmake/FindLuaJit.cmake b/cmake/FindLuaJit.cmake
index 0f38da9b4b..6716f9948d 100644
--- a/cmake/FindLuaJit.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLuaJit.cmake
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 include(LibFindMacros)
 
 libfind_pkg_detect(LuaJit luajit
-        FIND_PATH luajit.h PATH_SUFFIXES luajit luajit-2.1
-        FIND_LIBRARY luajit-5.1 luajit
-        )
+    FIND_PATH luajit.h PATH_SUFFIXES luajit luajit-2.1
+    # note: vcpkg builds luatjit-5.1 as lua51
+    FIND_LIBRARY luajit-5.1 luajit lua51
+)
 
 libfind_process(LuaJit)
-
diff --git a/components/CMakeLists.txt b/components/CMakeLists.txt
index 7659de0ffd..597b25ee20 100644
--- a/components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -675,7 +675,9 @@ if(OSG_STATIC)
     get_whole_archive_options(_opts ${_osg_plugins_static_files})
     target_link_options(components_osg_plugins INTERFACE ${_opts})
     target_link_libraries(components components_osg_plugins)
+endif(OSG_STATIC)
 
+if(OSG_STATIC OR USING_VCPKG)
     if(OPENMW_USE_SYSTEM_OSG)
         # OSG plugin pkgconfig files are missing these dependencies.
         # https://github.com/openscenegraph/OpenSceneGraph/issues/1052
@@ -684,7 +686,7 @@ if(OSG_STATIC)
         find_package(PNG REQUIRED)
         target_link_libraries(components Freetype::Freetype JPEG::JPEG PNG::PNG)
     endif()
-endif(OSG_STATIC)
+endif(OSG_STATIC OR USING_VCPKG)
 
 if(USE_QT)
     set_property(TARGET components_qt PROPERTY AUTOMOC ON)