diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b1bd0189b..3fb7abffb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ enable_testing()
 
 option(USE_SHARED_CMARK   "Use your installed copy of cmark" off)
 option(USE_SHARED_CURL    "Use your installed copy of curl" off)
+option(USE_SHARED_FMT     "Use your installed copy of fmt" off)
 option(USE_SHARED_GIFLIB  "Use your installed copy of giflib" off)
 option(USE_SHARED_JPEGLIB "Use your installed copy of jpeglib" off)
 option(USE_SHARED_ZLIB    "Use your installed copy of zlib" off)
@@ -185,6 +186,7 @@ set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_PROFILE "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/bin")
 set(SOURCE_DATA_DIR     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/data)
 set(CMARK_DIR           ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/cmark)
 set(CURL_DIR            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/curl)
+set(FMT_DIR             ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/fmt)
 set(GIFLIB_DIR          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/giflib)
 set(LIBJPEG_DIR         ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/jpeg)
 set(LIBPNG_DIR          ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/libpng)
@@ -225,6 +227,16 @@ if(NOT USE_SHARED_CURL)
   set(CURL_STATICLIB ON BOOL)
 endif()
 
+# fmt
+if(USE_SHARED_FMT)
+  find_package(FMT REQUIRED)
+  set(FMT_LIBRARIES fmt::fmt)
+else()
+  set(FMT_FOUND)
+  set(FMT_LIBRARIES fmt)
+  # No need to include extra directories, actually
+endif()
+
 # zlib
 if(USE_SHARED_ZLIB)
   find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
diff --git a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c67c0268..b19a3e412 100644
--- a/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ target_link_libraries(app-lib
   ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
   json11
   archive_static
-  fmt
+  ${FMT_LIBRARIES}
   tinyexpr
   qoi)
 
diff --git a/src/dio/CMakeLists.txt b/src/dio/CMakeLists.txt
index 55cb24de5..b253dca0b 100644
--- a/src/dio/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/dio/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(dio-lib
   ${ZLIB_LIBRARIES}
-  fmt
+  ${FMT_LIBRARIES}
   flic-lib
   laf-base
   fixmath-lib
diff --git a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d09a98c8..1973b134b 100644
--- a/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -117,7 +117,10 @@ if(NOT USE_SHARED_HARFBUZZ AND NOT LAF_BACKEND STREQUAL "skia")
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(simpleini)
-add_subdirectory(fmt)
+
+if(NOT USE_SHARED_FMT)
+  add_subdirectory(fmt)
+endif()
 
 # Add cmark without tests
 if(NOT USE_SHARED_CMARK)