diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f258d06..0979898 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,14 @@ else ()
 endif ()
 add_subdirectory(external/assimp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
+option(SPDLOG_ENABLE_PCH "Build static or shared library using precompiled header to speed up compilation time" ON)
+option(SPDLOG_BUILD_WARNINGS "Enable compiler warnings" ON)
+option(SPDLOG_PREVENT_CHILD_FD "Prevent from child processes to inherit log file descriptors" ON)
+option(SPDLOG_NO_THREAD_ID "prevent spdlog from querying the thread id on each log call if thread id is not needed" ON)
+option(SPDLOG_NO_TLS "prevent spdlog from using thread local storage" ON)
+option(SPDLOG_NO_ATOMIC_LEVELS "prevent spdlog from using of std::atomic log levels (use only if your code never modifies log levels concurrently" ON)
+add_subdirectory(external/spdlog EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
 add_executable(LearnGtk4 main.cpp
         hello_world.cpp
         hello_world.hpp
@@ -67,7 +75,7 @@ add_executable(LearnGtk4 main.cpp
         app_win_2_back.hpp
 )
 
-set_target_properties(LearnGtk4 assimp PROPERTIES
+set_target_properties(LearnGtk4 assimp spdlog_header_only PROPERTIES
         CXX_STANDARD 17
         CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
         CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF
@@ -78,4 +86,4 @@ target_compile_definitions(LearnGtk4 PUBLIC $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_GLIBCXX_DEBUG>)
 target_compile_definitions(assimp PUBLIC $<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_GLIBCXX_DEBUG>)
 target_compile_options(LearnGtk4 PUBLIC ${COMPILE_FLAGS})
 target_link_options(LearnGtk4 PUBLIC ${LINKER_OPTIONS})
-target_link_libraries(LearnGtk4 PkgConfig::GTKMM4 assimp)
+target_link_libraries(LearnGtk4 PkgConfig::GTKMM4 assimp spdlog_header_only)