diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 100881ca..b761907f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,21 +28,8 @@ include(GNUInstallDirs)
 add_subdirectory("config")
 
 # Dependencies
-if(NOT TARGET "jsonfortran" AND WITH_JSON)
-  # json-fortran tries to make it hard to get found
-  string(TOLOWER "jsonfortran-${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID}" jsonfortran)
-  find_package("${jsonfortran}" REQUIRED)
-  add_library("jsonfortran::jsonfortran" IMPORTED INTERFACE)
-  target_link_libraries(
-    "jsonfortran::jsonfortran"
-    INTERFACE
-    "jsonfortran$<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}>>:-static>"
-  )
-  target_include_directories(
-    "jsonfortran::jsonfortran"
-    INTERFACE
-    "${jsonfortran_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
-  )
+if(NOT TARGET "jsonfortran::jsonfortran" AND WITH_JSON)
+  find_package("jsonfortran" REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
 # Collect source of the project
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3b8b8129..8bcd655d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 To build this project from the source code in this repository you need to have
 a Fortran compiler supporting Fortran 2008 and one of the supported build systems:
-- [meson](https://mesonbuild.com) version 0.53 or newer, with
+- [meson](https://mesonbuild.com) version 0.55 or newer, with
   a build-system backend, *i.e.* [ninja](https://ninja-build.org) version 1.7 or newer
 - [cmake](https://cmake.org) version 3.14 or newer, with
   a build-system backend, *i.e.* [ninja](https://ninja-build.org) version 1.10 or newer
diff --git a/config/CMakeLists.txt b/config/CMakeLists.txt
index 78f4f2b5..80d33e63 100644
--- a/config/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/config/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,14 @@ set(
 )
 set(module-dir "${module-dir}" PARENT_SCOPE)
 
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
+set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+install(
+  DIRECTORY
+  "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/"
+  DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}"
+)
+
 # Set build type as CMake does not provide defaults
 if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE AND NOT CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
   set(
@@ -54,6 +62,17 @@ install(
   DESTINATION "${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}"
 )
 
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  set(PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES "Requires.private")
+else()
+  set(PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES "Requires")
+endif()
+if(WITH_JSON)
+  set(PKG_CONFIG_REQUIREMENTS "json-fortran")
+else()
+  set(PKG_CONFIG_REQUIREMENTS)
+endif()
+
 configure_file(
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/template.pc"
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}.pc"
diff --git a/config/cmake/Findjsonfortran.cmake b/config/cmake/Findjsonfortran.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..81d794c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/cmake/Findjsonfortran.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# This file is part of mctc-lib.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+if(NOT TARGET "jsonfortran::jsonfortran")
+  # json-fortran tries to make it hard to get found
+  string(TOLOWER "jsonfortran-${CMAKE_Fortran_COMPILER_ID}" jsonfortran)
+  find_package("${jsonfortran}" CONFIG)
+  add_library("jsonfortran::jsonfortran" IMPORTED INTERFACE)
+  target_link_libraries(
+    "jsonfortran::jsonfortran"
+    INTERFACE
+    "jsonfortran$<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS}>>:-static>"
+  )
+  target_include_directories(
+    "jsonfortran::jsonfortran"
+    INTERFACE
+    "${jsonfortran_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
+  )
+endif()
diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index 7741a39a..5b20cb7b 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -47,8 +47,13 @@ if get_option('openmp')
   lib_deps += omp_dep
 endif
 
-json_dep = dependency(
+jsonfortran_dep = dependency(
   'json-fortran',
   required: get_option('json'),
+  fallback: ['json-fortran-8.2.5','jsonfortran_dep'],
+  default_options: [
+    'default_library=static',
+  ],
   static: get_option('default_library') != 'dynamic',
 )
+lib_deps += jsonfortran_dep
diff --git a/config/template.cmake b/config/template.cmake
index 3a6ae000..0268d954 100644
--- a/config/template.cmake
+++ b/config/template.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 @PACKAGE_INIT@
 
 set("@PROJECT_NAME@_WITH_OpenMP" @WITH_OpenMP@)
+set("@PROJECT_NAME@_WITH_JSON" @WITH_JSON@)
 
 if(NOT TARGET "@PROJECT_NAME@::@PROJECT_NAME@")
   include("${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/@PROJECT_NAME@-targets.cmake")
@@ -10,4 +11,8 @@ if(NOT TARGET "@PROJECT_NAME@::@PROJECT_NAME@")
   if(NOT TARGET "OpenMP::OpenMP_Fortran" AND "@PROJECT_NAME@_WITH_OpenMP")
     find_dependency("OpenMP")
   endif()
+
+  if(NOT TARGET "jsonfortran::jsonfortran" AND "@PROJECT_NAME@_WITH_JSON")
+    find_dependency("jsonfortran")
+  endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/config/template.pc b/config/template.pc
index 3d6efbb5..84c3498c 100644
--- a/config/template.pc
+++ b/config/template.pc
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ includedir=${prefix}/@CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR@
 
 Name: @PROJECT_NAME@
 Description: @PROJECT_DESCRIPTION@
+@PKG_CONFIG_REQUIRES@: @PKG_CONFIG_REQUIREMENTS@
 Version: @PROJECT_VERSION@
 Libs: -L${libdir} -l@PROJECT_NAME@
 Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/@module-dir@
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fd2ed7b1..3b4339f6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ project(
   'fortran',
   version: '0.2.3',
   license: 'Apache-2.0',
-  meson_version: '>=0.53',
+  meson_version: '>=0.55',
   default_options: [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
     'default_library=both',
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ mctc_lib = library(
   include_directories: include_directories('include'),
   dependencies: lib_deps,
   fortran_args: [
-    '-DWITH_JSON=@0@'.format(json_dep.found() ? '1' : '0'),
+    '-DWITH_JSON=@0@'.format(jsonfortran_dep.found() ? '1' : '0'),
   ],
   install: install,
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/.gitignore b/subprojects/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3daff2f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/packagecache/
+/json-fortran-*/
diff --git a/subprojects/json-fortran-8.2.5.wrap b/subprojects/json-fortran-8.2.5.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a8bf523
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/json-fortran-8.2.5.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = json-fortran-8.2.5
+
+source_url = https://github.com/jacobwilliams/json-fortran/archive/refs/tags/8.2.5.tar.gz
+source_filename = 8.2.5.tar.gz
+source_hash = 16eec827f64340c226ba9a8463f001901d469bc400a1e88b849f258f9ef0d100
+
+patch_directory = json-fortran-8.2.5
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/json-fortran-8.2.5/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/json-fortran-8.2.5/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2dcadd39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/json-fortran-8.2.5/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+project(
+  'jsonfortran',
+  'Fortran',
+  version: files('.VERSION'),
+)
+
+jsonfortran_lib = library(
+  meson.project_name(),
+  sources: files(
+    'src/json_kinds.F90',
+    'src/json_parameters.F90',
+    'src/json_string_utilities.F90',
+    'src/json_value_module.F90',
+    'src/json_file_module.F90',
+    'src/json_module.F90',
+  ),
+  include_directories: include_directories('src'),
+)
+
+jsonfortran_dep = declare_dependency(
+  link_with: jsonfortran_lib,
+  include_directories: jsonfortran_lib.private_dir_include(),
+)
+
+install_data(
+  'LICENSE',
+  install_dir: get_option('datadir')/'licenses'/'mctc-lib'/meson.project_name()
+)