diff --git a/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
index 4d5d5203..0d939d09 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/editor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ add_library(sfizz_editor STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
     src/editor/EditIds.cpp
     src/editor/Editor.h
     src/editor/Editor.cpp
+    src/editor/EditorLibs.h
     src/editor/EditorLibs.cpp
     src/editor/EditorController.h
     src/editor/GUIComponents.h
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ add_library(sfizz_editor STATIC EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
     src/editor/utility/vstgui_after.h
     src/editor/utility/vstgui_before.h)
 add_library(sfizz::editor ALIAS sfizz_editor)
-target_include_directories(sfizz_editor PUBLIC "src" "external")
+target_include_directories(sfizz_editor PUBLIC "src")
 target_link_libraries(sfizz_editor PUBLIC sfizz::messaging sfizz::plugins-common)
 target_link_libraries(sfizz_editor PRIVATE sfizz::vstgui)
 if(APPLE)
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ add_library(sfizz_colorspaces INTERFACE)
 add_library(sfizz::colorspaces ALIAS sfizz_colorspaces)
 target_include_directories(sfizz_colorspaces INTERFACE "external/color-spaces")
 
+add_library(sfizz_stb_image INTERFACE)
+add_library(sfizz::stb_image ALIAS sfizz_stb_image)
+target_include_directories(sfizz_stb_image INTERFACE "external/stb_image")
+
 if(WIN32)
     #
 elseif(APPLE)
@@ -81,7 +86,7 @@ else()
     target_include_directories(sfizz_editor PRIVATE ${sfizz-gio_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     target_link_libraries(sfizz_editor PRIVATE ${sfizz-gio_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
-target_link_libraries(sfizz_editor PRIVATE sfizz::colorspaces sfizz::bit_array sfizz::filesystem)
+target_link_libraries(sfizz_editor PRIVATE sfizz::colorspaces sfizz::stb_image sfizz::bit_array sfizz::filesystem)
 
 # layout tool
 if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp b/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
index 8a0ae2be..df3b00a6 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/Editor.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 #include "Editor.h"
 #include "EditorController.h"
+#include "EditorLibs.h"
 #include "EditIds.h"
 #include "GUIComponents.h"
 #include "GUIHelpers.h"
@@ -18,9 +19,6 @@
 #include <absl/strings/ascii.h>
 #include <absl/strings/numbers.h>
 #include <ghc/fs_std.hpp>
-
-#include <stb_image/stb_image.h>
-
 #include <array>
 #include <queue>
 #include <unordered_map>
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditorLibs.cpp b/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditorLibs.cpp
index 920a824c..af8e9d17 100644
--- a/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditorLibs.cpp
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditorLibs.cpp
@@ -1,2 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+// This code is part of the sfizz library and is licensed under a BSD 2-clause
+// license. You should have receive a LICENSE.md file along with the code.
+// If not, contact the sfizz maintainers at https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz
+
 #define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
-#include <stb_image/stb_image.h>
+#include "EditorLibs.h"
diff --git a/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditorLibs.h b/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditorLibs.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecd11f18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/editor/src/editor/EditorLibs.h
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-2-Clause
+
+// This code is part of the sfizz library and is licensed under a BSD 2-clause
+// license. You should have receive a LICENSE.md file along with the code.
+// If not, contact the sfizz maintainers at https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz
+
+#pragma once
+#include <stb_image.h>