diff --git a/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
index e819116..44b0cef 100644
--- a/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdParty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ add_subdirectory(imgui)
 add_subdirectory(tracy)
 add_subdirectory(libstud-uuid)
 add_subdirectory(rapidyaml)
+add_subdirectory(libjpeg-turbo)
 
 
 #TODO move into a different file
diff --git a/3rdParty/libjpeg-turbo/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/libjpeg-turbo/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f88af99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdParty/libjpeg-turbo/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+include(FetchContent)
+
+Find_Package(libjpeg-turbo QUIET)
+if (libjpeg-turbo_FOUND)
+    message("Using system libjpeg-turbo")
+else ()
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps_ljt)
+    execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -G ${CMAKE_GENERATOR} -DTOOLCHAIN_FILE=${TOOLCHAIN_FILE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/ext
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps_ljt
+    )
+    execute_process(
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} --build ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps_ljt
+			RESULT_VARIABLE build_result
+    )
+	if (NOT ${build_result} EQUAL "0")
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "Failed to build libjpeg-turbo!")
+	endif()
+
+    set(libjpeg-turbo_BUILT "built libjpeg-turbo" CACHE INTERNAL ON)
+endif ()
+
+
+function(LinkLibJpegTurbo TARGET)
+	if (libjpeg-turbo_BUILT)
+		list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps_ljt/INSTALL/lib/cmake)
+	endif()
+	find_package(libjpeg-turbo REQUIRED)
+	target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PUBLIC libjpeg-turbo::turbojpeg-static)
+endfunction()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/3rdParty/libjpeg-turbo/ext/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdParty/libjpeg-turbo/ext/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e97fab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdParty/libjpeg-turbo/ext/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+project(build_libjpeg-turbo)
+include(ExternalProject)
+
+if(NOT DEFINED LIBJPEGTURBO_REPO)
+    set(LIBJPEGTURBO_REPO https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo.git)
+endif ()
+
+ExternalProject_Add(libjpegturbo
+        GIT_REPOSITORY ${LIBJPEGTURBO_REPO}
+        GIT_TAG 3.0.3
+        GIT_SHALLOW TRUE
+        SOURCE_DIR libjpegturbo
+        BINARY_DIR libjpegturbo-build
+        CMAKE_GENERATOR ${CMAKE_GENERATOR}
+        CMAKE_ARGS
+            -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=OFF
+			-DENABLE_SHARED:BOOL=OFF
+            -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE:FILEPATH=${TOOLCHAIN_FILE}
+            -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/INSTALL
+            -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
+        )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4418861..45da8cb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,19 +58,11 @@ endif ()
 SetupVulkan(openVulkanoCpp)
 
 if (NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS)
-    Find_Package(libjpeg-turbo)
     target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE glfw pugixml)
-    if (libjpeg-turbo_FOUND)
-        target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE libjpeg-turbo::turbojpeg)
-    endif()
     target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE ftxui::screen ftxui::dom ftxui::component)
 endif()
 
 list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/deps/INSTALL)
-if (IOS)
-    target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE "/opt/libjpeg-turbo-ios/lib/libturbojpeg.a")
-    target_include_directories(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE "/opt/libjpeg-turbo-ios/include")
-endif ()
 
 target_link_libraries(openVulkanoCpp PRIVATE magic_enum yaml-cpp fmt spdlog glm pugixml stb eigen utf8cpp imgui_internal TracyClient stud-uuid)
 
@@ -85,6 +77,6 @@ SetGlmDefines(openVulkanoCpp)
 
 LinkAssimp(openVulkanoCpp)
 LinkLibArchive(openVulkanoCpp)
-
+LinkLibJpegTurbo(openVulkanoCpp)
 
 set(VS_STARTUP_PROJECT openVulkanoCpp)