diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 27a49460..7ead4fab 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,23 +24,14 @@ FetchContent_Declare(mapget
   GIT_SHALLOW    ON)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(mapget)
 
-set(CESIUM_TESTS_ENABLED OFF)
-set(CESIUM_GLM_STRICT_ENABLED OFF)
-set(CESIUM_TRACING_ENABLED OFF)
-set(DRACO_JS_GLUE OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable JS glue for Draco" FORCE)
-FetchContent_Declare(
-  cesiumnative
-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Klebert-Engineering/cesium-native.git
-  GIT_TAG "spdlog-upgrade"
-  GIT_SHALLOW ON)
-FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cesiumnative)
-
 FetchContent_Declare(yaml-cpp
   GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/jbeder/yaml-cpp.git"
   GIT_TAG        "yaml-cpp-0.7.0"
   GIT_SHALLOW    ON)
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(yaml-cpp)
 
+include(cmake/cesium.cmake)
+
 # Erdblick Core Library
 
 add_subdirectory(libs/core)
diff --git a/ci/10_linux_build.bash b/ci/10_linux_build.bash
index cafb34be..1c4c181c 100755
--- a/ci/10_linux_build.bash
+++ b/ci/10_linux_build.bash
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ source "$ci_dir/emsdk/emsdk_env.sh"
 cd "$ci_dir/.."
 
 export EMSCRIPTEN="$ci_dir/emsdk/upstream/emscripten"
-export PATH=$PATH:"$(pwd)/node_modules/.bin/"
+export PATH="$PATH:$(pwd)/node_modules/.bin/"
 
 rm -rf build && mkdir build
 cd build
 mkdir deps
 mkdir assets
 emcmake cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF ..
-cmake --build . -- -j
+cmake --build . -- -j"$(nproc)"
diff --git a/ci/20_linux_rebuild.bash b/ci/20_linux_rebuild.bash
index 3764c07c..5acd3988 100755
--- a/ci/20_linux_rebuild.bash
+++ b/ci/20_linux_rebuild.bash
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ export EMSCRIPTEN="$ci_dir/emsdk/upstream/emscripten"
 export PATH=$PATH:"$ci_dir/../node_modules/.bin/"
 
 cd "$ci_dir/../build"
-cmake --build . -- -j
+cmake --build . -- -j"$(nproc)"
diff --git a/cmake/cesium.cmake b/cmake/cesium.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..651d4fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/cesium.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+include(FetchContent)
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+block()
+
+if (NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
+  message(FATAL_ERROR "Setting CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE is required!")
+endif()
+
+# List of cesium libs we want to expose as CMake targets
+set(CESIUM_LIBS
+  CesiumUtility
+  Cesium3DTilesWriter
+  CesiumGeospatial
+  CesiumGltf
+  CesiumGltfWriter)
+
+# Use fetch content for cloning the repository durring
+# configure phase. We do not call `FetchContent_MakeAvailable`,
+# but instead use `ExternalProject_Add` to compile Cesium in
+# isolation.
+FetchContent_Declare(cesiumnative_src
+  GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/Klebert-Engineering/cesium-native.git"
+  GIT_TAG "main"
+  GIT_SUBMODULES_RECURSE YES
+  GIT_PROGRESS YES)
+
+FetchContent_GetProperties(cesiumnative_src)
+if (NOT cesiumnative_src_POPULATED)
+  FetchContent_Populate(cesiumnative_src)
+endif()
+
+# Cesium sets CMAKE_{DEBUG,RELEASE}_POSTFIX manually
+set(CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX "d")
+set(CMAKE_RELEASE_POSTFIX "")
+
+# CMake uses some pre-, post- and suffix variables to decorate
+# library names with. We have to take them into account.
+if (${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE} STREQUAL "Debug")
+  set(LIB_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+else()
+  set(LIB_SUFFIX "${CMAKE_RELEASE_POSTFIX}${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+endif()
+
+# Ninja generators _require_ a known list of byproducts.
+set(CESIUM_BYPRODUCTS "")
+foreach (lib ${CESIUM_LIBS})
+  list(APPEND CESIUM_BYPRODUCTS "<BINARY_DIR>/${lib}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${lib}${LIB_SUFFIX}")
+endforeach()
+message(STATUS "cesium byproducts: ${CESIUM_BYPRODUCTS}")
+
+ExternalProject_Add(cesiumnative
+  SOURCE_DIR ${cesiumnative_src_SOURCE_DIR}
+  CMAKE_ARGS
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}
+    -DCESIUM_TESTS_ENABLED=OFF
+    -DCESIUM_GLM_STRICT_ENABLED=OFF
+    -DCESIUM_TRACING_ENABLED=OFF
+    -DDRACO_JS_GLUE=OFF
+    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE}
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}
+  BUILD_BYPRODUCTS
+    ${CESIUM_BYPRODUCTS}
+  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+  STEP_TARGETS build
+  USES_TERMINAL_CONFIGURE TRUE
+  USES_TERMINAL_BUILD TRUE)
+
+function (add_cesium_lib TARGET)
+  ExternalProject_Get_Property(cesiumnative
+    SOURCE_DIR BINARY_DIR)
+  message(STATUS "Adding Cesium library: ${TARGET} (${BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${TARGET}${LIB_SUFFIX})")
+
+  add_library(${TARGET} STATIC IMPORTED)
+  set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION "${BINARY_DIR}/${TARGET}/${CMAKE_STATIC_LIBRARY_PREFIX}${TARGET}${LIB_SUFFIX}"
+    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${SOURCE_DIR}/${TARGET}/include")
+  add_dependencies(${TARGET} cesiumnative-build)
+endfunction()
+
+foreach (lib ${CESIUM_LIBS})
+  add_cesium_lib(${lib})
+endforeach()
+
+endblock()
diff --git a/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt
index cddaf148..6dad0b0f 100644
--- a/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ target_include_directories(erdblick-core
 
 target_link_libraries(erdblick-core
   PUBLIC
+    CesiumUtility
     Cesium3DTilesWriter
     CesiumGeospatial
     CesiumGltf