diff --git a/src/rde/meson.build b/src/rde/meson.build
index 1f13f18..5cc45cf 100644
--- a/src/rde/meson.build
+++ b/src/rde/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
+
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+if cpp.has_header('nlohmann/json.hpp')
+    nlohmann_json_dep = declare_dependency()
+else
+    subproject('nlohmann', required: false)
+    nlohmann_json_dep = declare_dependency(
+        include_directories: [
+            'subprojects/nlohmann/single_include',
+            'subprojects/nlohmann/single_include/nlohmann',
+        ]
+    )
+endif
+
 rde_pre = declare_dependency(
   include_directories: [rde_inc],
   dependencies: [
+    nlohmann_json_dep,
     dependency('libbej'),
     dependency('phosphor-dbus-interfaces'),
     dependency('sdbusplus'),
diff --git a/subprojects/nlohmann.wrap b/subprojects/nlohmann.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a77b7c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/nlohmann.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[wrap-git]
+revision = b3e5cb7f20dcc5c806e418df34324eca60d17d4e
+url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git