diff --git a/cmake_modules/Findglib.cmake b/cmake_modules/Findglib.cmake
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+set(GLIB2_LIBRARIES "GLIB2_LIBRARIES-NOTFOUND")
+
+if(GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR AND GLIB2_LIBRARIES)
+    # Already in cache, be silent
+    set(GLIB2_FIND_QUIETLY TRUE)
+endif(GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR AND GLIB2_LIBRARIES)
+
+if (NOT WIN32)
+   find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+   pkg_check_modules(PKG_GLIB glib-2.0)
+endif(NOT WIN32)
+
+find_path(GLIB2_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR glib.h
+          PATH_SUFFIXES glib-2.0
+          PATHS ${PKG_GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} )
+
+# search the glibconfig.h include dir under the same root where the library is found
+find_library(GLIB2_LIBRARIES
+             NAMES glib-2.0
+             PATHS ${PKG_GLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
+
+find_library(GLIB2_THREAD
+             NAMES gthread-2.0
+             PATHS ${PKG_GLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
+find_library(GLIB2_OBJECT
+             NAMES gobject-2.0
+             PATHS ${PKG_GLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
+find_library(GLIB2_MODULE
+             NAMES gmodule-2.0
+             PATHS ${PKG_GLIB_LIBRARY_DIRS} )
+
+find_path(GLIB2_INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR glibconfig.h
+          PATH_SUFFIXES glib-2.0/include
+          PATHS ${PKG_GLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${PKG_GLIB_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_LIBRARY_PATH})
+
+if(GLIB2_THREAD)
+	set(GLIB2_LIBRARIES ${GLIB2_LIBRARIES} ${GLIB2_THREAD} ${GLIB2_MODULE} ${GLIB2_OBJECT})
+else(GLIB2_THREAD)
+	message( STATUS "Could NOT find gthread-2.0" )
+endif(GLIB2_THREAD)
+
+
+set(GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR ${GLIB2_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR})
+
+# not sure if this include dir is optional or required
+# for now it is optional
+if(GLIB2_INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+  set(GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR ${GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR} ${GLIB2_INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  set(GLIB2_FOUND TRUE)
+endif(GLIB2_INTERNAL_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+find_package_handle_standard_args(GLIB2  DEFAULT_MSG  GLIB2_LIBRARIES GLIB2_MAIN_INCLUDE_DIR)
+
+if (WIN32)
+set(GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR ${GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR} "../lib/glib-2.0/include")
+else()
+set(GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR ${GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR})
+endif()
+
+mark_as_advanced(GLIB2_INCLUDE_DIR GLIB2_LIBRARIES)