diff --git a/OdbDesignLib/CMakeLists.txt b/OdbDesignLib/CMakeLists.txt
index df0f1127..d3b53176 100644
--- a/OdbDesignLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/OdbDesignLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ target_link_libraries(OdbDesign PUBLIC protobuf::libprotobuf)
 # add the generated Protobuf C++ files to the target
 #target_sources(OdbDesign PRIVATE ${PROTO_SRCS} ${PROTO_HDRS})
 
+# gRPC
+find_package(gRPC CONFIG REQUIRED)
+target_link_libraries(OdbDesign PUBLIC gRPC::grpc++)
+
 # workaround to remove error: "C++ command-line error: invalid macro definition: _CROW_ICD-NOTFOUND"
 # (see https://github.com/CrowCpp/Crow/issues/661#issuecomment-1702544225)
 list(REMOVE_ITEM _CROW_ICD "_CROW_ICD-NOTFOUND")
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 7e6ae209..6df281ea 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
         "zlib"
       ]
     },
-    "openssl"
+    "openssl",
+    {
+      "name": "grpc",
+      "features": [
+        "codegen"
+      ]
+    }
   ]
 }