diff --git a/daemon/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/daemon/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f3392a..a106a14 100644
--- a/daemon/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/daemon/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7.0)
 project(daemon-test CXX)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
-set(CPP_HTTPLIB " ../3rdparty/cpp-httplib/")
-set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-g -O3 -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_LOG_USE_NATIVE_SYSLOG -Wall")
+
+# use sysroot cpp-http lib unless one was explicitly provided  in cmdline
+if ( NOT CPP_HTTPLIB_DIR )
+    find_path( CPP_HTTPLIB_DIR "httplib.h" REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
+# ravena lkm _should_ be provided by the CLI. Nonetheless, we should be able
+# to find it in system dirs too...
+if ( NOT RAVENNNA_ALSA_LKM_DIR )
+    find_path(RAVENNA_ALSA_LKM_DIR "common/MergingRAVENNACommon.h" REQUIRED)
+endif()
+
+add_definitions( -DBOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK -DBOOST_LOG_USE_NATIVE_SYSLOG )
+add_compile_options( -Wall )
+
 find_package(Boost COMPONENTS unit_test_framework filesystem system thread REQUIRED)
-include_directories(aes67-daemon ${CPP_HTTPLIB} ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
+include_directories(aes67-daemon ${CPP_HTTPLIB_DIR} ${RAVENNA_ALSA_LKM_DIR}/common ${RAVENNA_ALSA_LKM_DIR}/driver ${Boost_INCLUDE_DIR})
 add_executable(daemon-test daemon_test.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(daemon-test ${Boost_LIBRARIES})
 add_test(daemon-test daemon-test)