diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 911ba2267..b04e1d248 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1056,7 +1056,7 @@ add_executable(shadps4
 create_target_directory_groups(shadps4)
 
 target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE magic_enum::magic_enum fmt::fmt toml11::toml11 tsl::robin_map xbyak::xbyak Tracy::TracyClient RenderDoc::API FFmpeg::ffmpeg Dear_ImGui gcn half::half ZLIB::ZLIB PNG::PNG)
-target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE Boost::headers GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator LibAtrac9 sirit Vulkan::Headers xxHash::xxhash Zydis::Zydis glslang::glslang SDL3::SDL3 pugixml::pugixml stb::headers libusb::usb lfreist-hwinfo::hwinfo)
+target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE Boost::headers GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator LibAtrac9 sirit Vulkan::Headers xxHash::xxhash Zydis::Zydis glslang::glslang SDL3::SDL3 pugixml::pugixml stb::headers libusb::usb lfreist-hwinfo::hwinfo nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json)
 
 target_compile_definitions(shadps4 PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="imgui/imgui_config.h")
 target_compile_definitions(Dear_ImGui PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/imgui/imgui_config.h")
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index 2df833426..a26f58d69 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -245,3 +245,7 @@ endif()
 if (WIN32)
 add_subdirectory(ext-wepoll)
 endif()
+
+#nlohmann json 
+set(JSON_BuildTests OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+add_subdirectory(json)