diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f8ff113a9d..78144eb4ee 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -204,6 +204,17 @@ else()
 	set(PORTAUDIO_FOUND FALSE)
 endif(PORTAUDIO)
 
+option(OPROFILING "Enable profiling" OFF)
+if(OPROFILING)
+	check_lib(OPROFILE opagent opagent.h)
+	check_lib(BFD bfd bfd.h)
+	if(OPROFILE_FOUND AND BFD_FOUND)
+		message("oprofile found, enabling profiling support")
+		add_definitions(-DUSE_OPROFILE=1)
+	else()
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "oprofile or bfd not found. Can't build profiling support.")
+	endif()
+endif()
 
 ########################################
 # Setup include directories (and make sure they are preferred over the Externals)
diff --git a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fe518cb83..0909c669b8 100644
--- a/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/Core/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -153,6 +153,10 @@ if(PORTAUDIO_FOUND)
 	set(LIBS ${LIBS} portaudio)
 endif(PORTAUDIO_FOUND)
 
+if(OPROFILE_FOUND)
+	set(LIBS ${LIBS} opagent bfd)
+endif(OPROFILE_FOUND)
+
 add_library(core STATIC ${SRCS})
 target_link_libraries(core ${LIBS})