diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b65e924..814d59e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ if(ALSOFT_ENABLE_MODULES)
 endif()
 
 
-add_subdirectory(fmt-11.2.0 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)
+add_library(alsoft::fmt ALIAS fmt::fmt)
 
 
 set(CPP_DEFS ) # C pre-processor, not C++
@@ -1614,7 +1615,7 @@ if(LIBTYPE STREQUAL "STATIC")
     target_compile_definitions(${IMPL_TARGET} PUBLIC AL_LIBTYPE_STATIC)
     target_include_directories(${IMPL_TARGET} PRIVATE ${OpenAL_SOURCE_DIR}/gsl/include)
     target_link_libraries(${IMPL_TARGET} PRIVATE ${LINKER_FLAGS} ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${MATH_LIB}
-        $<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:alsoft::fmt>)
+        alsoft::fmt)
 
     if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin" AND DEFINED CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET
         AND CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET VERSION_LESS "10.13")
diff --git a/OpenALConfig.cmake.in b/OpenALConfig.cmake.in
index 4c1ad05..f462df5 100644
--- a/OpenALConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/OpenALConfig.cmake.in
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ if((NOT DEFINED CMAKE_VERSION) OR (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.1"))
    message(FATAL_ERROR "CMake >= 3.1 required")
 endif()
 
+include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+find_dependency(fmt CONFIG)
+
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/OpenALTargets.cmake")
 
 set(OPENAL_FOUND ON)
diff --git a/openal.pc.in b/openal.pc.in
index dfa6f57..e04e807 100644
--- a/openal.pc.in
+++ b/openal.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: OpenAL
 Description: OpenAL is a cross-platform 3D audio API
 Requires: @PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES@
+Requires.private: fmt
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@LIBNAME@ @PKG_CONFIG_LIBS@
 Libs.private:@PKG_CONFIG_PRIVATE_LIBS@