diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2962387..7cf4a15 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ set(JSONCPP_WITH_PKGCONFIG_SUPPORT OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 set(JSONCPP_WITH_CMAKE_PACKAGE OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 option(ENABLE_DBUS "Enables DBus support" ON)
 option(USE_PORTALS "Enables libportal" ON)
+option(BUILD_LIBFMT "Builds libfmt" OFF)
 if (DEFINED EMSCRIPTEN)
 	option(FOR_WASMER "Enables support for wasmer" OFF)
 	set(BUILD_STATIC ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
@@ -172,7 +173,11 @@ include(log)
 #execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/meson2cmake_cfg.py ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.meson.h.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.cmake.h.in)
 set(DEBUG_MODE_VALUE ${DEBUG})
 configure_file(config.cmake.h.in config.h)
-add_subdirectory(subprojects/fmt)
+if (BUILD_FMT)
+	add_subdirectory(subprojects/fmt)
+else()
+	find_package(fmt)
+endif()
 macro(target_pkgconfig)
 	push_fnstack("target_pkgconfig")
 	cmake_parse_arguments(PARSED_ARGS "OPTIONAL;PRIVATE;PUBLIC;INTERFACE" "PREFIX" "TARGETS;LIBRARIES" ${ARGN})