diff --git CMakeLists.txt CMakeLists.txt
index 33ec4e4a..5a49101e 100644
--- CMakeLists.txt
+++ CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ add_library(qms_options INTERFACE)
 include(DefineCMakeDefaults)
 include(DefineCompilerFlags)
 include(DefineInstallationPaths)
+include(FindPkgConfig)
 include(ConfigureChecks.cmake)
 
 ###############################################################################################
@@ -193,7 +194,10 @@ qt_standard_project_setup(
 set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC OFF)
 
 find_package(GDAL                   REQUIRED)
-find_package(PROJ                   REQUIRED)
+find_package(PROJ)
+if (NOT PROJ_FOUND)
+  pkg_search_module(PROJ REQUIRED proj)
+endif()
 find_package(JPEG                   REQUIRED)
 find_package(ROUTINO                REQUIRED)
 
@@ -230,47 +234,11 @@ include(FetchContent)
 ###############################################################################################
 # Get Blend2D and it's dependency AsmJit
 ###############################################################################################
-# Both are cloned by FetchContent. Fail here with a clear message instead of deep inside the
-# populate sub-build if git is not on the PATH. Set GIT_EXECUTABLE if it is elsewhere.
-find_package(Git REQUIRED)
-
-# asmjit does not do official releases so pinned it to what was HEAD at time of writing this
-set(ASMJIT_GIT_TAG  "0bd5787b54b575ed94bf32ac452153b34385c514" CACHE STRING "AsmJit git revision to fetch")
-# blend2d does releases but not set git tags; the commit set here referese to release v0.21.2
-set(BLEND2D_GIT_TAG "def0d1238c3e5d0983bb848e5676049d829e435b" CACHE STRING "Blend2D git revision to fetch")
-
-# asmjit is Blend2D's JIT backend. Fetch its sources only: SOURCE_SUBDIR points at a
-# directory with no CMakeLists.txt so FetchContent_MakeAvailable populates without calling
-# add_subdirectory(). Blend2D adds asmjit itself (via ASMJIT_DIR) and, because we build it
-# statically, embeds it directly into the blend2d library.
-FetchContent_Declare(asmjit
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/asmjit/asmjit.git
-    GIT_TAG        ${ASMJIT_GIT_TAG}
-    GIT_SHALLOW    FALSE # FALSE required when using a commit hash
-    GIT_PROGRESS TRUE
-    SOURCE_SUBDIR  __populate_only__
-)
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(asmjit)
-set(ASMJIT_DIR "${asmjit_SOURCE_DIR}" CACHE PATH "AsmJit source directory" FORCE)
-
-set(BLEND2D_STATIC TRUE)
-FetchContent_Declare(blend2d
-    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/blend2d/blend2d.git
-    GIT_TAG        ${BLEND2D_GIT_TAG}
-    GIT_SHALLOW    FALSE
-    GIT_PROGRESS TRUE
-)
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(blend2d)
-
-# Blend2D's public headers use constructs our warning flags reject (anonymous structs vs
-# -Wpedantic, ...). Re-publish its interface include dirs as system to supress any warnings.
-# Once we bump our minimum cmake version to >= 3.25 we can instead just declare it `SYSTEM`
-# in the `FetchContent_Declare` call and get rid of this.
-get_target_property(BLEND2D_IFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS blend2d INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-if(BLEND2D_IFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS)
-    set_target_properties(blend2d PROPERTIES
-        INTERFACE_SYSTEM_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${BLEND2D_IFACE_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-endif()
+
+# XXX FreeBSD
+# blend2d used from ports
+# no need to embed libraries here
+find_package(blend2d REQUIRED)
 
 ###############################################################################################
 # Create library from Garmin's FIT SDK