diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 4c0c87196..2aeb0d8ba 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -302,14 +302,14 @@ endif (NOT ZLIB_FOUND AND NOT USE_PRECOMPILED_LIBS)
 if (NOT FAAD_FOUND AND NOT USE_PRECOMPILED_LIBS)
     # faad2 2.8.8 is the last version SourceForge ever hosted, and it predates the 2.9.0 fix
     # for a heap overflow in excluded_channels() (knik0/faad2@942c3e0a: unbounded exclude_mask
-    # write in the DRC parser). Later releases only live on GitHub, whose source archives don't
-    # include a pre-built configure script (only configure.ac), so bootstrap it first -- same
-    # reason libusb above fetches a release tarball instead of a bare git checkout.
+    # write in the DRC parser). Later releases only live on GitHub; 2.11.0 added CMake support,
+    # so build it like opus above. FAAD_BUILD_CLI=OFF skips the faad frontend executable --
+    # only libfaad is used.
     ExternalProject_Add(faad
-            URL https://github.com/knik0/faad2/archive/refs/tags/2.10.1.tar.gz
+            GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/knik0/faad2.git
+            GIT_TAG 2.11.2
             PREFIX "${EXTERNAL_BUILD_LIBRARIES}/faad"
-            PATCH_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/bootstrap
-            CONFIGURE_COMMAND <SOURCE_DIR>/configure --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+            CMAKE_ARGS ${COMMON_CMAKE_ARGS} -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DFAAD_BUILD_CLI=OFF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>
             TEST_COMMAND ""
             )
     ExternalProject_Get_Property(faad source_dir binary_dir install_dir)