diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index be95237..c551ff6 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,3 +24,4 @@ add_subdirectory(./libwebp)
 add_subdirectory(./qoi)
 add_subdirectory(./sdl_image)
 
+add_subdirectory(./spscqueue)
diff --git a/external/spscqueue/CMakeLists.txt b/external/spscqueue/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a17be8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/spscqueue/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.9 FATAL_ERROR)
+
+add_library(SPSCQueue INTERFACE
+	./SPSCQueue.h
+)
+
+target_compile_features(SPSCQueue INTERFACE cxx_std_17)
+target_include_directories(SPSCQueue INTERFACE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
+
diff --git a/src/content/SPSCQueue.h b/external/spscqueue/SPSCQueue.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/content/SPSCQueue.h
rename to external/spscqueue/SPSCQueue.h
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a7c5179..f8e337f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ target_link_libraries(tomato PUBLIC
 	libwebpmux # the f why (needed for anim encode)
 	qoi
 	SDL3_image::SDL3_image
+
+	SPSCQueue
 )
 
 # probably not enough
diff --git a/src/content/frame_stream2.hpp b/src/content/frame_stream2.hpp
index 114a98f..2186b40 100644
--- a/src/content/frame_stream2.hpp
+++ b/src/content/frame_stream2.hpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <mutex>
 
-#include "./SPSCQueue.h"
+#include <SPSCQueue.h>
 
 // Frames ofen consist of:
 // - seq id // incremental sequential id, gaps in ids can be used to detect loss