diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2eb51d3..a064c1c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -12,9 +12,11 @@
         license: 'Apache-2.0'
        )
 
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
 # Checking dependency external library
 
-cppfs = meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('stdc++fs')
+cppfs = cpp.find_library('stdc++fs')
 libsystemd = dependency('libsystemd', version : '>=221')
 
 sdbusplus_dep = dependency('sdbusplus', required: false)
@@ -57,6 +59,24 @@
   fmt_dep = fmt_proj.dependency('fmt')
 endif
 
+# Get Cereal dependency.
+cereal_dep = dependency('cereal', required: false)
+has_cereal = cpp.has_header_symbol(
+    'cereal/cereal.hpp',
+    'cereal::specialize',
+    dependencies: cereal_dep,
+    required: false)
+if not has_cereal
+    cereal_opts = import('cmake').subproject_options()
+    cereal_opts.add_cmake_defines({'BUILD_TESTS': 'OFF'})
+    cereal_proj = import('cmake').subproject(
+        'cereal',
+        options: cereal_opts,
+        required: false)
+    assert(cereal_proj.found(), 'cereal is required')
+    cereal_dep = cereal_proj.dependency('cereal')
+endif
+
 # Disable FORTIFY_SOURCE when compiling with no optimization
 if(get_option('optimization') == '0')
   add_project_arguments('-U_FORTIFY_SOURCE',language:['cpp','c'])
@@ -160,7 +180,8 @@
         sdbusplus_dep,
         phosphor_logging_dep,
         cppfs,
-        fmt_dep
+        fmt_dep,
+        cereal_dep,
     ]
 
 phosphor_dump_manager_install = true