diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile.arch b/.docker/Dockerfile.arch
index 986a8190..9a55a764 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.arch
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.arch
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ RUN pacman -S --noconfirm --needed \
         fmt \
         chrono-date \
         range-v3 \
+        nlohmann-json \
         jemalloc \
         double-conversion \
         lz4 \
diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile.fedora b/.docker/Dockerfile.fedora
index afbe68ab..3d1861a8 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.fedora
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.fedora
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ RUN dnf install -y \
         glog-devel \
         flac-devel \
         utf8cpp-devel \
+        json-devel \
         range-v3-devel
 RUN pip install mistletoe
 ARG SCRIPT=build-linux.sh
diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu b/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
index c45428df..cc1618d0 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ RUN apt install -y \
         libgoogle-glog-dev \
         libutfcpp-dev \
         libflac++-dev \
+        nlohmann-json3-dev \
         python3-mistletoe
 COPY install-static-libs.sh /usr/local/bin/install-static-libs.sh
 RUN bash /usr/local/bin/install-static-libs.sh
diff --git a/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2204 b/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2204
index bd6b39af..fa06d688 100644
--- a/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2204
+++ b/.docker/Dockerfile.ubuntu-2204
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ RUN apt install -y \
         libgoogle-glog-dev \
         libutfcpp-dev \
         libflac++-dev \
+        nlohmann-json3-dev \
         python3-mistletoe
 ARG ARCH
 # current ronn version is horribly broken
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 695cfc08..4065199b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ $ apt install \
     libgoogle-glog-dev \
     libutfcpp-dev \
     libflac++-dev \
+    nlohmann-json3-dev \
     python3-mistletoe
 ```
 
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index fe1de759..b789b8c6 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "libarchive",
     "libevent",
     "libflac",
+    "nlohmann-json",
     "openssl",
     "pkgconf",
     "range-v3",