diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0a4238b..56cb156 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -72,15 +72,24 @@
     install: true,
 )
 
-if not build_tests.disabled()
-    subdir('test')
-endif
-
 compiler = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 python = find_program('python3', required:true)
 
-compiler.has_header('CLI/CLI.hpp')
-compiler.has_header('nlohmann/json.hpp')
+if compiler.has_header('CLI/CLI.hpp')
+    CLI11_dep = declare_dependency()
+else
+    CLI11_dep = dependency('CLI11')
+endif
+
+if compiler.has_header('nlohmann/json.hpp')
+    nlohmann_json_dep = declare_dependency()
+else
+    nlohmann_json_dep = dependency('nlohmann-json')
+endif
+
+if not build_tests.disabled()
+    subdir('test')
+endif
 
 configure_file(output: 'config.h',
                        configuration :{
@@ -133,6 +142,8 @@
                                         sdbusplus,
                                         phosphor_logging,
                                         libgpiodcxx,
+                                        nlohmann_json_dep,
+                                        CLI11_dep,
                                 ],
                                 link_with : libvpdecc,
                                 include_directories : vpd_tool_INCLUDE,
@@ -150,9 +161,11 @@
                                  'vpd-tool',
                                  vpd_tool_SOURCES,
                                  dependencies: [
-                                   sdbusplus,
+                                   CLI11_dep,
+                                   libgpiodcxx,
+                                   nlohmann_json_dep,
                                    phosphor_logging,
-                                   libgpiodcxx
+                                   sdbusplus,
                                    ],
                                  link_with : libvpdecc,
                                  install: true,
@@ -252,6 +265,7 @@
                 dependencies: [
                         sdbusplus,
                         phosphor_logging,
+                        nlohmann_json_dep,
                 ],
                 include_directories : 'vpd-parser/',
                 install: true,
diff --git a/subprojects/CLI11.wrap b/subprojects/CLI11.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2e5a95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/CLI11.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11.git
+revision = HEAD
+
+[provide]
+CLI11 = CLI11_dep
diff --git a/subprojects/nlohmann-json.wrap b/subprojects/nlohmann-json.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a2884b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/nlohmann-json.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://github.com/nlohmann/json
+revision = HEAD
+
+[provide]
+nlohmann-json = nlohmann_json_dep
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 6ad140d..f55315b 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 gmock = dependency('gmock', disabler: true, required: build_tests)
 gtest = dependency('gtest', main: true, disabler: true, required: build_tests)
 libgpiodcxx = dependency('libgpiodcxx', default_options: ['bindings=cxx'])
-dependecy_list = [gtest, gmock, sdbusplus, phosphor_logging, phosphor_dbus_interfaces, libgpiodcxx]
+dependecy_list = [gtest, gmock, sdbusplus, phosphor_logging, phosphor_dbus_interfaces, libgpiodcxx, nlohmann_json_dep]
 
 configuration_inc = include_directories('..', '../vpd-manager', 'vpd-manager-test', '../vpd-parser')
 
diff --git a/vpd-manager/meson.build b/vpd-manager/meson.build
index 574629e..cb6f32b 100644
--- a/vpd-manager/meson.build
+++ b/vpd-manager/meson.build
@@ -3,28 +3,32 @@
 
 configuration_inc = include_directories('.', '../', '../vpd-parser/')
 
-vpd_manager_SOURCES =['manager_main.cpp',
-                      'manager.cpp',
-                      'error.cpp',
-                      'editor_impl.cpp',
-                      'reader_impl.cpp',
-                      'gpioMonitor.cpp',
-                      'bios_handler.cpp',
-                      '../impl.cpp',
-                      '../vpd-parser/ipz_parser.cpp',
-                      '../ibm_vpd_utils.cpp',
-                      '../common_utility.cpp',
-                      '../vpd-parser//keyword_vpd_parser.cpp',
-                      '../vpd-parser/memory_vpd_parser.cpp',
-                      '../vpd-parser/isdimm_vpd_parser.cpp',
-                      '../vpd-parser/parser_factory.cpp'
-                     ]
+vpd_manager_SOURCES = [
+    'manager_main.cpp',
+    'manager.cpp',
+    'error.cpp',
+    'editor_impl.cpp',
+    'reader_impl.cpp',
+    'gpioMonitor.cpp',
+    'bios_handler.cpp',
+    '../impl.cpp',
+    '../vpd-parser/ipz_parser.cpp',
+    '../ibm_vpd_utils.cpp',
+    '../common_utility.cpp',
+    '../vpd-parser//keyword_vpd_parser.cpp',
+    '../vpd-parser/memory_vpd_parser.cpp',
+    '../vpd-parser/isdimm_vpd_parser.cpp',
+    '../vpd-parser/parser_factory.cpp'
+]
 
-vpd_manager_dependencies =[phosphor_logging,
-                           systemd,
-                           libgpiodcxx,
-                           sdeventplus,
-                          ]
+vpd_manager_dependencies = [
+    CLI11_dep,
+    libgpiodcxx,
+    phosphor_logging,
+    sdeventplus,
+    systemd,
+    nlohmann_json_dep,
+]
 
 vpd_manager_exe = executable(
                  'vpd-manager',