diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d2a69d4..14fc9b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ if(MSVC)
     endif()
 endif()
 
-add_subdirectory(fmt-11.1.1 EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+find_package(fmt CONFIG REQUIRED)
+add_library(alsoft::fmt ALIAS fmt::fmt)
 
 
 set(CPP_DEFS ) # C pre-processor, not C++
@@ -1440,7 +1441,7 @@ if(LIBTYPE STREQUAL "STATIC")
     add_library(${IMPL_TARGET} STATIC ${COMMON_OBJS} ${OPENAL_OBJS} ${ALC_OBJS} ${CORE_OBJS})
     target_compile_definitions(${IMPL_TARGET} PUBLIC AL_LIBTYPE_STATIC)
     target_link_libraries(${IMPL_TARGET} PRIVATE ${LINKER_FLAGS} ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${MATH_LIB}
-        $<BUILD_LOCAL_INTERFACE:alsoft::fmt>)
+        alsoft::fmt)
 
     if(WIN32)
         # This option is for static linking OpenAL Soft into another project
diff --git a/OpenALConfig.cmake.in b/OpenALConfig.cmake.in
index 9704d3c..ddabb81 100644
--- a/OpenALConfig.cmake.in
+++ b/OpenALConfig.cmake.in
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+include(CMakeFindDependencyMacro)
+find_dependency(fmt CONFIG)
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1...3.18)
 
 include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/OpenALTargets.cmake")
diff --git a/openal.pc.in b/openal.pc.in
index dfa6f57..e04e807 100644
--- a/openal.pc.in
+++ b/openal.pc.in
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ includedir=@includedir@
 Name: OpenAL
 Description: OpenAL is a cross-platform 3D audio API
 Requires: @PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES@
+Requires.private: fmt
 Version: @PACKAGE_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@LIBNAME@ @PKG_CONFIG_LIBS@
 Libs.private:@PKG_CONFIG_PRIVATE_LIBS@