diff --git a/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystem.h b/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystem.h
index 4d2f41b48bd..3ec8d3d2fbf 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystem.h
+++ b/intern/ghost/GHOST_ISystem.h
@@ -68,13 +68,28 @@ class GHOST_IEventConsumer;
  * <li> Access to the state of the mouse buttons and the keyboard.</li>
  * <li> Menus for windows with events generated when they are accessed (this is
  *     work in progress).</li>
+ * <li> Video mode switching.</li>
+ * <li> Copy/Paste buffers.</li>
+ * <li> System paths.</li>
  * </ul>
  * Font management has been moved to a separate library.
  *
  * \section platforms Platforms
  *
+ * GHOST supports the following platforms:
+ * <ul>
+ * <li> OSX Cocoa.</li>
+ * <li> OSX Carbon.</li>
+ * <li> Windows.</li>
+ * <li> X11.</li>
+ * <li> SDL1.3 (experemental).</li>
+ * <li> NULL (headless mode).</li>
+ * </ul>
+ *
  * \section Building GHOST
  *
+ * GHOST is not build standalone however there are tests in intern/ghost/test
+ *
  * \section interface Interface
  * GHOST has two programming interfaces:
  * <ul>
diff --git a/intern/ghost/test/CMakeLists.txt b/intern/ghost/test/CMakeLists.txt
index f834b55b387..75f082fe834 100644
--- a/intern/ghost/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/intern/ghost/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -34,6 +34,25 @@ macro(suffix_relpaths
 endmacro()
 
 
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Defines
+
+# set the endian define
+if(MSVC)
+	# for some reason this fails on msvc
+	add_definitions(-D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
+else()
+	include(TestBigEndian)
+	test_big_endian(_SYSTEM_BIG_ENDIAN)
+	if(_SYSTEM_BIG_ENDIAN)
+		add_definitions(-D__BIG_ENDIAN__)
+	else()
+		add_definitions(-D__LITTLE_ENDIAN__)
+	endif()
+	unset(_SYSTEM_BIG_ENDIAN)
+endif()
+
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Libraries
 
@@ -74,6 +93,7 @@ add_library(bli_lib
 		"../../../source/blender/blenlib/intern/fileops.c"
 		"../../../source/blender/blenlib/intern/rct.c"
 		"../../../source/blender/blenlib/intern/string.c"
+		"../../../source/blender/blenlib/intern/string_utf8.c"
 		"../../../source/blender/blenlib/intern/listbase.c"
 		"../../../source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c"
 		"../../../source/blender/blenlib/intern/path_util.c"
@@ -87,6 +107,8 @@ find_package(OpenGL REQUIRED)
 
 find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
 
+find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/../)
 include_directories(${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR})
 include_directories(${FREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
@@ -151,5 +173,6 @@ target_link_libraries(multitest_c
 		${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY}
 		${OPENGL_glu_LIBRARY}
 		${FREETYPE_LIBRARY}
+		${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
 		${PLATFORM_LINKLIBS}
 		)