diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b5da578..1eef64a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /build
+/subprojects/libinih
 *.swp
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 3feac16..6f1e737 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ tio_sources = [
   'signals.c'
 ]
 
-tio_dep = dependency('inih', required: true)
+tio_dep = dependency('inih', required: true,
+                     fallback : ['libinih', 'inih_dep'],
+                     default_options: ['default_library=static', 'distro_install=false'])
 
 tio_c_args = ['-Wno-unused-result']
 
diff --git a/subprojects/libinih.wrap b/subprojects/libinih.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9d1760
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/libinih.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory=libinih
+url=https://github.com/benhoyt/inih.git
+revision=r55