see https://github.com/xmoto/xmoto/commit/bd78a394174df2737da5e90153e6e7e198b0272a
restore system-ode because versions in tree are <0.16
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ option(USE_SDLGFX "Build with SDL2 for g
 option(USE_GETTEXT "Build with Gettext for internationalization" ON)
 option(PREFER_SYSTEM_BZip2 "Prefer system BZip2" ON)
 option(PREFER_SYSTEM_Lua "Prefer system Lua" ON)
+option(PREFER_SYSTEM_ODE "Prefer system ODE" ON)
 option(PREFER_SYSTEM_XDG "Prefer system XDG" ON)
 option(ALLOW_DEV "Enable some development/debug features" OFF)
 option(BUILD_MACOS_BUNDLE "Build xmoto as a macOS Bundle" OFF)
@@ -38,6 +39,8 @@ find_package(JPEG REQUIRED)
 find_package(LibLZMA)
 find_package(LibXml2 REQUIRED)
 
+find_package(ODE)
+set(USE_SYSTEM_ODE $<AND:$<BOOL:${PREFER_SYSTEM_ODE}>,$<BOOL:${ODE_FOUND}>>)
 if(USE_OPENGL)
   find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
 endif()
@@ -98,10 +101,12 @@ check_prototype_definition(mkdir
   MS_MKDIR
 )
 
-add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/libccd" libccd)
+if(NOT PREFER_SYSTEM_ODE)
+  add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/libccd" libccd)
+  add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/ode" ode)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/chipmunk" chipmunk)
 add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/md5sum" md5sum)
-add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/ode" ode)
 add_subdirectory("${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/vendor/glad" glad)
 
 configure_file(common/XMBuildConfig.h.in common/XMBuildConfig.h)
@@ -510,7 +515,8 @@ target_link_libraries(xmoto PUBLIC
   "$<${USE_SYSTEM_Lua}:${LUA_LIBRARIES}>"
   $<$<NOT:${USE_SYSTEM_Lua}>:lua>
   md5sum
-  ode
+  $<${USE_SYSTEM_ODE}:${ODE_LIBRARY}>
+  $<$<NOT:${USE_SYSTEM_ODE}>:ode>
   glad
   ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
   ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}
@@ -714,6 +720,7 @@ message("Jpeg       libraries: ${JPEG_LI
 message("LibXml2    libraries: ${LIBXML2_LIBRARIES}")
 message("LibLZMA    libraries: ${LIBLZMA_LIBRARIES}")
 message("Lua        libraries: ${LUA_LIBRARIES}")
+message("Ode        libraries: ${ODE_LIBRARY}")
 message("OpenGL     libraries: ${OPENGL_LIBRARIES}")
 message("Png        libraries: ${PNG_LIBRARIES}")
 message("SDL2       libraries: ${SDL2_LIBRARIES}")