diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6c2c0efd83..8fb69b9a3b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -616,16 +616,16 @@ endfunction()
 add_subdirectory(externals)
 
 # pass targets from externals
-find_package(VulkanHeaders REQUIRED)
-find_package(VulkanUtilityLibraries REQUIRED)
-find_package(VulkanMemoryAllocator REQUIRED)
+find_package(VulkanHeaders)
+find_package(VulkanUtilityLibraries)
+find_package(VulkanMemoryAllocator)
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE)
-    find_package(httplib REQUIRED)
+    find_package(httplib)
 endif()
 
 if (ENABLE_WEB_SERVICE OR ENABLE_QT_UPDATE_CHECKER)
-    find_package(cpp-jwt REQUIRED)
+    find_package(cpp-jwt)
 endif()
 
 if (NOT YUZU_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2)
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 38da2a8c34..91659ee595 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -317,6 +317,17 @@ if (YUZU_USE_EXTERNAL_VULKAN_SPIRV_TOOLS)
     )
 endif()
 
+# Boost headers
+if (NOT Boost_ADDED AND NOT TARGET Boost::headers)
+    AddPackage(
+        NAME boost_headers
+        REPO "boostorg/headers"
+        SHA 0456900fad
+        HASH 50cd75dcdfc5f082225cdace058f47b4fb114a47585f7aee1d22236a910a80b667186254c214fa2fcebac67ae6d37ba4b6e695e1faea8affd6fd42a03cf996e3
+        BUNDLED_PACKAGE ON
+    )
+endif()
+
 # TZDB (Time Zone Database)
 add_subdirectory(nx_tzdb)