diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f9d2825..7bc594b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -259,6 +259,19 @@
 openssl = dependency('openssl', required : true)
 bmcweb_dependencies += [pam, atomic, openssl]
 
+nghttp2 = dependency('libnghttp2', version: '>=1.52.0', required : false)
+if not nghttp2.found()
+  cmake = import('cmake')
+  opt_var = cmake.subproject_options()
+  opt_var.add_cmake_defines({
+    'ENABLE_LIB_ONLY': true,
+    'ENABLE_STATIC_LIB': true
+  })
+  nghttp2_ex = cmake.subproject('nghttp2', options: opt_var)
+  nghttp2 = nghttp2_ex.dependency('nghttp2')
+endif
+bmcweb_dependencies += nghttp2
+
 sdbusplus = dependency('sdbusplus', required : false, include_type: 'system')
 if not sdbusplus.found()
   sdbusplus_proj = subproject('sdbusplus', required: true)