diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5e09650..1a7f6cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
           DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -yq \
-            ${{ matrix.pkgs }} cmake git golang libbrotli-dev libfmt-dev \
+            ${{ matrix.pkgs }} cmake git golang libbrotli-dev \
             libgtest-dev liblz4-dev libpcre2-dev libprotobuf-dev libunwind-dev \
             libusb-1.0-0-dev libzstd-dev make pkg-config
       - name: checkout
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           zypper -n ref
           zypper -n in ${{ matrix.pkgs }} cmake git go gtest pcre2-devel pkgconfig \
-            'pkgconfig(fmt)' 'pkgconfig(libbrotlicommon)' 'pkgconfig(liblz4)' \
+            'pkgconfig(libbrotlicommon)' 'pkgconfig(liblz4)' \
             'pkgconfig(libunwind-generic)' 'pkgconfig(libusb-1.0)' \
             'pkgconfig(libzstd)' 'pkgconfig(protobuf)' ninja
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'archlinux')
         run: |
           pacman -Syu --needed --noconfirm \
-            ${{ matrix.pkgs }} brotli cmake fmt git go gtest libunwind \
+            ${{ matrix.pkgs }} brotli cmake git go gtest libunwind \
             libusb lz4 pcre2 pkgconfig protobuf zstd ninja
 
       - name: prep ubuntu
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt-get update
           DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yq \
-            ${{ matrix.pkgs }} cmake git golang libbrotli-dev libfmt-dev \
+            ${{ matrix.pkgs }} cmake git golang libbrotli-dev \
             libgtest-dev liblz4-dev libpcre2-dev libprotobuf-dev libunwind-dev \
             libusb-1.0-0-dev libzstd-dev pkg-config protobuf-compiler ninja-build
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ jobs:
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'alpine')
         run: |
           apk add build-base pcre2-dev linux-headers libusb-dev gtest-dev samurai \
-          go git perl cmake protobuf-dev brotli-dev zstd-dev lz4-dev fmt-dev
+          go git perl cmake protobuf-dev brotli-dev zstd-dev lz4-dev
 
       # required for patches
       - name: git config
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f875dbd..f6be677 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -58,3 +58,7 @@
 	shallow = true
 	path = vendor/incremental_delivery
 	url = https://android.googlesource.com/platform/system/incremental_delivery
+[submodule "vendor/fmtlib"]
+	shallow = true
+	path = vendor/fmtlib
+	url = https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/fmtlib.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2abb6f7..c385493 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@ The following libraries are required by android-tools:
 5. [brotli][brotli]
 6. [zstd][zstd]
 7. [lz4][lz4]
-8. [fmt][fmt]
 
 Additionally the following software is required at compile-time:
 
@@ -109,5 +108,4 @@ have been copied from Anatol's ruby script.
 [brotli]: https://github.com/google/brotli
 [zstd]: https://facebook.github.io/zstd/
 [lz4]: https://github.com/lz4/lz4
-[fmt]: https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
 [anatol.pomozov]: https://github.com/anatol
diff --git a/vendor/CMakeLists.fastboot.txt b/vendor/CMakeLists.fastboot.txt
index a56a3a2..1d43937 100644
--- a/vendor/CMakeLists.fastboot.txt
+++ b/vendor/CMakeLists.fastboot.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ target_include_directories(libfsmgr PRIVATE
 	core/fs_mgr/liblp/include libbase/include
 	extras/ext4_utils/include core/libsparse/include
 	boringssl/include)
+target_link_libraries(libfsmgr PUBLIC fmt::fmt)
 
 add_library(libselinux STATIC
 	selinux/libselinux/src/booleans.c
@@ -134,4 +135,4 @@ target_compile_definitions(fastboot PRIVATE
 target_link_libraries(fastboot
 	libsparse libzip libcutils liblog libfsmgr libutil
 	libbase libext4 libselinux libsepol libdiagnoseusb crypto
-	z pcre2-8 pthread dl fmt::fmt)
+	z pcre2-8 pthread dl)
diff --git a/vendor/CMakeLists.libandroidfw.txt b/vendor/CMakeLists.libandroidfw.txt
index a0626f0..0fcebe7 100644
--- a/vendor/CMakeLists.libandroidfw.txt
+++ b/vendor/CMakeLists.libandroidfw.txt
@@ -34,3 +34,4 @@ target_include_directories(libandroidfw PUBLIC
 	native/include
 	libziparchive/include
 	incremental_delivery/incfs/util/include)
+target_link_libraries(libandroidfw PUBLIC fmt::fmt)
diff --git a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
index b2aa90a..c9ccb3c 100644
--- a/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/vendor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ set(android-vendored
 	f2fs-tools
 	e2fsprogs
 	incremental_delivery
+	fmtlib
 	boringssl)
 
 if(EXISTS "${ANDROID_PATCH_DIR}/")
@@ -34,9 +35,8 @@ if(EXISTS "${ANDROID_PATCH_DIR}/")
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(boringssl EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(fmtlib EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 find_package(Protobuf REQUIRED)
-find_package(fmt REQUIRED)
-include_directories(${fmt_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${PROTOBUF_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 include_directories(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR})
 
diff --git a/vendor/fmtlib b/vendor/fmtlib
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..fc21810
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/fmtlib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fc218102b4f20095f8a5f6d0f085a2957d22fdf4