diff --git a/gsk/meson.build b/gsk/meson.build
index 43e171477e..a271e72c76 100644
--- a/gsk/meson.build
+++ b/gsk/meson.build
@@ -195,6 +195,7 @@ gsk_deps = [
   cairo_csi_dep,
   pixbuf_dep,
   libgdk_dep,
+  libglyphy_dep
 ]
 
 libgsk_f16c = static_library('gsk_f16c',
diff --git a/gtk/meson.build b/gtk/meson.build
index 80ed4cae16..69d9980009 100644
--- a/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/gtk/meson.build
@@ -1025,6 +1025,7 @@ gtk_deps = [
   epoxy_dep,
   libm,
   graphene_dep,
+  libglyphy_dep,
 ]
 
 if x11_enabled
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 090ebeb8c8..2ed4b3b3ac 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ epoxy_req          = '>= 1.4'
 cloudproviders_req = '>= 0.3.1'
 xkbcommon_req      = '>= 0.2.0'
 sysprof_req        = '>= 3.38.0'
+libglyphy_req      = '>= 0.2.0'
 
 fs = import('fs')
 gnome = import('gnome')
@@ -385,6 +386,9 @@ fribidi_dep    = dependency('fribidi', version: fribidi_req,
                             default_options: ['docs=false'])
 harfbuzz_dep   = dependency('harfbuzz', version: harfbuzz_req,
                             default_options: ['coretext=enabled'])
+libglyphy_dep  = dependency('glyphy', version: libglyphy_req,
+                             default_options: ['default_library=static', 'demo=disabled'],
+                            fallback : ['glyphy', 'libglyphy_dep'])
 
 # Require PangoFT2 if on X11 or wayland
 pangoft_dep    = dependency('pangoft2', version: pango_req,
diff --git a/subprojects/glyphy.wrap b/subprojects/glyphy.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6b79cdba19
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/glyphy.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory=glyphy
+url=https://github.com/behdad/glyphy.git
+revision=master
+depth=1
+