diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8dcc5cad89..10bb125c75 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,6 +164,14 @@ include_directories(
 
 )
 
+if(LINUX)
+
+  find_package(GLFW3 REQUIRED)
+  message( STATUS "GLFW3 dirs: ${GLFW3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+  include_directories(${GLFW3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+
+endif(LINUX)
+
 
 if(NOT MINGW)
 
diff --git a/cocos/CMakeLists.txt b/cocos/CMakeLists.txt
index 370570497c..1be8fb4abd 100644
--- a/cocos/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cocos/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -95,16 +95,6 @@ if(MINGW)
 
 else()
 
-  if(LINUX)
-
-    find_package(GLFW3 REQUIRED)
-    message( STATUS "GLFW3 dirs: ${GLFW3_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
-    include_directories(${GLFW3_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-
-  endif(LINUX)
-
-
-
   #todo: provide prebuild versions of minizip for android ios mac and msvc
   #done: prebuilt version for mingw-w64 (linux distros should have them also)
   # check for opensuse the buildbot system arch and ubuntu
@@ -119,6 +109,7 @@ endif()
     ../external/xxhash
     ../external/xxtea)
 
+
 add_library(cocos2d ${BUILD_TYPE} ${COCOS_SRC})