diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index edba208..0adcb30 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,17 @@
      )
 endif
 i2c = cpp.find_library('i2c')
+if cpp.has_header('nlohmann/json.hpp')
+    nlohmann_json = declare_dependency()
+else
+    subproject('nlohmann', required: false)
+    nlohmann_json = declare_dependency(
+        include_directories: [
+            'subprojects/nlohmann/single_include',
+            'subprojects/nlohmann/single_include/nlohmann',
+        ]
+    )
+endif
 sdbusplus = dependency('sdbusplus')
 systemd = dependency('systemd')
 systemd_system_unit_dir = systemd.get_pkgconfig_variable(
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ea446fc..8218a15 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     cpp_args: cpp_args + ['-DBOOST_ASIO_DISABLE_THREADS'],
     dependencies: [
         boost,
+        nlohmann_json,
         sdbusplus,
     ],
     implicit_include_directories: false,
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
     dependencies: [
         boost,
         i2c,
+        nlohmann_json,
         sdbusplus,
         threads,
     ],
diff --git a/subprojects/nlohmann.wrap b/subprojects/nlohmann.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12f174d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/nlohmann.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[wrap-git]
+revision = d2dd27dc3b8472dbaa7d66f83619b3ebcd9185fe
+url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 2785306..83bab53 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
         dependencies: [
             boost,
             gtest,
+            nlohmann_json,
             sdbusplus,
         ],
         implicit_include_directories: false,