diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1c7f22c79..2c51fcd116 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ IF(UNIX)
     ENDIF()
 ENDIF()
 
-SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -DUSE_GLOP -DUSE_BOP")
 SET(BUILD_CXX ON)
 SET(DOWNLOAD_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/downloads"
         CACHE PATH "Location where external projects will be downloaded.")
@@ -58,22 +57,23 @@ IF(BUILD_CXX)
     SET(GLOG_VERSION 0.3.5)
 
     IF(NOT GLOG_FOUND)
-        MESSAGE(STATUS "Did not find system glog. Building as an external project ${GLOG_VERSION}")
+        MESSAGE(STATUS "Did not find system glog. Building as an external project.")
         INCLUDE(cmake/external/glog.cmake)
     ENDIF()
     LIST(APPEND ${PROJECT_NAME}externalLibraries ${GLOG_LIBRARIES})
     INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${GLOG_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
-    SET(CBC_VERSION 2.9.8)
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CBC cbc)
-    IF(CBC_FOUND)
-        SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CBC_CFLAGS} -DUSE_CBC")
-    ENDIF(CBC_FOUND)
+    SET(Cbc_VERSION 2.9.8)
+    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(Cbc cbc)
+    SET(Cbc_VERSION 2.9.8)
+    IF(NOT Cbc_FOUND)
+        MESSAGE(STATUS "Did not find system coin-cbc. Building as an external Project.")
+        INCLUDE(cmake/external/cbc.cmake)
+    ENDIF()
+    LIST(APPEND ${PROJECT_NAME}externalLibraries ${Cbc_LIBRARIES})
+    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${Cbc_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
-    PKG_CHECK_MODULES(CLP clp)
-    IF(CLP_FOUND)
-        SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${CLP_CFLAGS} -DUSE_CLP")
-    ENDIF(CLP_FOUND)
+    SET(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -fwrapv -DNDEBUG -DUSE_GLOP -DUSE_BOP -DUSE_CBC")
 
     FILE(GLOB_RECURSE proto_files RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "ortools/*.proto")
     SET(PROTOBUF_GENERATE_CPP_APPEND_PATH OFF)
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ IF(BUILD_CXX)
     ADD_LIBRARY(${PROJECT_NAME} SHARED ${SUBTARGETS})
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${PROJECT_NAME}
             ${${PROJECT_NAME}externalLibraries}
-            ${CBC_LIBRARIES}
             ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
     ADD_DEPENDENCIES(${PROJECT_NAME} ${PROJECT_NAME}Proto)
diff --git a/cmake/external/cbc.cmake b/cmake/external/cbc.cmake
index e784cbe5a5..7e80500164 100644
--- a/cmake/external/cbc.cmake
+++ b/cmake/external/cbc.cmake
@@ -1,27 +1,40 @@
-SET(CBC_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf/src/protobuf/src)
-SET(CBC_URL https://github.com/google/protobuf)
+SET(CoinUtils_VERSION 2.10.13)
+SET(Osi_VERSION 0.107.8)
+SET(Clp_VERSION 1.16.10)
+SET(Cgl_VERSION 0.59.9)
 
-IF(WIN32)
-    SET(CBC_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf/src/protobuf/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}/libcbc.lib)
-ELSE()
-    SET(CBC_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf/src/protobuf/libprotobuf.a)
-ENDIF()
+SET(CoinUtils_URL https://github.com/coin-or/CoinUtils.git)
+SET(Osi_URL https://github.com/coin-or/Osi.git)
+SET(Clp_URL https://github.com/coin-or/Clp.git)
+SET(Cgl_URL https://github.com/coin-or/Cgl.git)
+SET(Cbc_URL https://github.com/coin-or/Cbc.git)
 
-ExternalProject_Add(Cbc
-        PREFIX Cbc
-        GIT_REPOSITORY ${CBC_URL}
-        GIT_TAG "v${CBC_VERSION}"
-        DOWNLOAD_DIR "${DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}"
-        BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
-        SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/protobuf/src/protobuf
-        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} cmake/
-        -Dprotobuf_BUILD_TESTS=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE=ON
-        ${Protobuf_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_OPTIONS}
-        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-        CMAKE_CACHE_ARGS
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
-        -DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE:BOOL=OFF
-        -DCMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE:BOOL=ON)
+FOREACH(COIN_PROJECT CoinUtils Osi Clp Cgl Cbc)
+    IF(WIN32)
+        SET(${COIN_PROJECT}_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install/lib/lib${COIN_PROJECT}.lib)
+        SET(${COIN_PROJECT}_ADDITIONAL_CMAKE_OPTIONS --enable-msvc)
+    ELSE()
+        SET(${COIN_PROJECT}_LIBRARIES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install/lib/lib${COIN_PROJECT}.a)
+    ENDIF()
 
-LIST(APPEND ${PROJECT_NAME}externalTargets Protobuf)
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+    SET(${COIN_PROJECT}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install/include)
+
+    ExternalProject_Add(${COIN_PROJECT}
+            PREFIX ${COIN_PROJECT}
+            GIT_REPOSITORY ${${COIN_PROJECT}_URL}
+            GIT_TAG "releases/${${COIN_PROJECT}_VERSION}"
+            DOWNLOAD_DIR "${DOWNLOAD_LOCATION}"
+            BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+            CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${COIN_PROJECT}/src/${COIN_PROJECT}/configure --enable-static --prefix=${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/install CXXFLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
+ENDFOREACH()
+
+FOREACH(COIN_PROJECT CoinUtils Osi Clp Cgl)
+    LIST(APPEND Cbc_LIBRARIES ${${COIN_PROJECT}_LIBRARIES})
+ENDFOREACH()
+
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(Osi CoinUtils)
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(Clp CoinUtils Osi)
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(Cgl CoinUtils Osi Clp)
+ADD_DEPENDENCIES(Cbc CoinUtils Osi Clp Cgl)
+
+LIST(APPEND ${PROJECT_NAME}externalTargets Cbc)
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