diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ca6f7903a3f122cd9845023cb2fdae261f7cee4c..3cabcc5644f8d4c44f16996a2540cf5455511f19 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ endif(${BUILD_TEST})
 ## cJson
 cat("${CMAKE_SUPPORT_DIR}/cjson_CMakeLists.txt.in" ${DEPS_TMP_FILE})
 
+## lz4
+cat("${CMAKE_SUPPORT_DIR}/lz4_CMakeLists.txt.in" ${DEPS_TMP_FILE})
+
 ## download dependencies
 configure_file(${DEPS_TMP_FILE} "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/deps-download/CMakeLists.txt")
 execute_process(COMMAND "${CMAKE_COMMAND}" -G "${CMAKE_GENERATOR}" .
diff --git a/cmake/lz4_CMakeLists.txt.in b/cmake/lz4_CMakeLists.txt.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dc3b17ea21c32f76e881bf3c166ac208329d8e83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/lz4_CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+# lz4
+ExternalProject_Add(lz4
+        GIT_REPOSITORY git@github.com:lz4/lz4.git
+        GIT_TAG v1.9.3
+        SOURCE_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/deps/lz4"
+        BINARY_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lz4-build"
+        CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/build/cmake
+        BUILD_COMMAND ""
+        INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+        TEST_COMMAND ""
+        )
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