diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index de6feed..048cbce 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -130,11 +130,24 @@
         ],
     )
 
+    if cxx.has_header('nlohmann/json.hpp')
+        nlohmann_json_dep = declare_dependency()
+    else
+        subproject('nlohmann-json')
+        nlohmann_json_dep = declare_dependency(
+            include_directories: [
+                'subprojects/nlohmann-json/single_include',
+                'subprojects/nlohmann-json/single_include/nlohmann',
+            ]
+        )
+    endif
+
     deps += [
+        nlohmann_json_dep,
+        phosphor_dbus_interfaces_dep,
+        phosphor_logging_dep,
         sdbusplus_dep,
         sdeventplus_dep,
-        phosphor_logging_dep,
-        phosphor_dbus_interfaces_dep,
     ]
 
     sources += [
diff --git a/subprojects/nlohmann-json.wrap b/subprojects/nlohmann-json.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9096612
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/nlohmann-json.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json.git
+revision = HEAD