diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8fedabdaf66..42192a174c1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ option(FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_CARES        "Prefer the libcares system library"
 option(FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_JEMALLOC     "Prefer the libjemalloc system library"     ${FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBS})
 option(FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_KAFKA        "Prefer the libkafka system library"        ${FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBS})
 option(FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_LUAJIT       "Prefer the libluajit system library"       ${FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBS})
+option(FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_MSGPACK      "Prefer the libmsgpack system library"      ${FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBS})
 option(FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_NGHTTP2      "Prefer the libnghttp2 system library"      ${FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIBS})
 
 # Enable all features
@@ -450,11 +451,16 @@ FLB_OPTION(FLUENT_PROTO_METRICS ON)
 add_subdirectory(${FLB_PATH_LIB_FLUENT_OTEL} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 # MsgPack options
-option(MSGPACK_ENABLE_CXX             OFF)
-option(MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED          OFF)
-option(MSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS            OFF)
-option(MSGPACK_BUILD_EXAMPLES         OFF)
-add_subdirectory(${FLB_PATH_LIB_MSGPACK} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+if(FLB_PREFER_SYSTEM_LIB_MSGPACK)
+  find_package(PkgConfig)
+  pkg_check_modules(MSGPACK msgpack>=4.0.0)
+endif()
+if(MSGPACK_FOUND)
+  include_directories(${MSGPACK_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  link_directories(${MSGPACK_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+else()
+  include(cmake/msgpack.cmake)
+endif()
 
 # MPack
 add_definitions(-DMPACK_EXTENSIONS=1)
diff --git a/cmake/headers.cmake b/cmake/headers.cmake
index 5280d8e8bbe..e58251e4a75 100755
--- a/cmake/headers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/headers.cmake
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ include_directories(
 
   ${FLB_PATH_ROOT_SOURCE}/${FLB_PATH_LIB_CO}
   ${FLB_PATH_ROOT_SOURCE}/${FLB_PATH_LIB_RBTREE}
-  ${FLB_PATH_ROOT_SOURCE}/${FLB_PATH_LIB_MSGPACK}/include
 
   # Chunk I/O generate headers also in the binary path
   ${FLB_PATH_ROOT_SOURCE}/${FLB_PATH_LIB_CHUNKIO}/include
diff --git a/cmake/msgpack.cmake b/cmake/msgpack.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6211e31f302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/msgpack.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# msgpack cmake
+option(MSGPACK_ENABLE_CXX             OFF)
+option(MSGPACK_ENABLE_SHARED          OFF)
+option(MSGPACK_BUILD_TESTS            OFF)
+option(MSGPACK_BUILD_EXAMPLES         OFF)
+include_directories(
+  ${FLB_PATH_ROOT_SOURCE}/${FLB_PATH_LIB_MSGPACK}/include
+)
+add_subdirectory(${FLB_PATH_LIB_MSGPACK} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+set(MSGPACK_LIBRARIES "msgpack-c-static")
diff --git a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 200a09b449c..8b67f40f41f 100644
--- a/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ endmacro()
 macro(FLB_PLUGIN name src deps)
   add_library(flb-plugin-${name} STATIC ${src})
   add_sanitizers(flb-plugin-${name})
-  target_link_libraries(flb-plugin-${name} fluent-bit-static msgpack-c-static ${deps})
+  target_link_libraries(flb-plugin-${name} fluent-bit-static ${MSGPACK_LIBRARIES} ${deps})
 endmacro()
 
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c2dcdd9a4ee..3a9f3ce2f21 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ set(FLB_DEPS
   ctraces-static
   mk_core
   jsmn
-  msgpack-c-static
+  ${MSGPACK_LIBRARIES}
   mpack-static
   chunkio-static
   miniz