diff --git a/external/CMakeLists.txt b/external/CMakeLists.txt
index 1460cf9..28eebaf 100644
--- a/external/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ add_checked_subdirectory(crash_reports)
 if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_DBUS_INTEGRATION)
     add_checked_subdirectory(dbusmenu_qt)
 endif()
+if (LINUX)
+    add_checked_subdirectory(dispatch)
+endif()
 add_checked_subdirectory(expected)
 if (LINUX AND NOT DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_DBUS_INTEGRATION)
     add_checked_subdirectory(fcitx_qt5)
diff --git a/external/dispatch/CMakeLists.txt b/external/dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2acfba9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/dispatch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# This file is part of Desktop App Toolkit,
+# a set of libraries for developing nice desktop applications.
+#
+# For license and copyright information please follow this link:
+# https://github.com/desktop-app/legal/blob/master/LEGAL
+
+add_library(external_dispatch INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
+add_library(desktop-app::external_dispatch ALIAS external_dispatch)
+
+if (DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED)
+    find_library(DISPATCH_LIBRARIES dispatch)
+    find_path(DISPATCH_INCLUDE_DIRS dispatch/dispatch.h)
+
+    if (DISPATCH_LIBRARIES AND DISPATCH_INCLUDE_DIRS)
+        target_include_directories(external_dispatch SYSTEM INTERFACE ${DISPATCH_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        target_link_libraries(external_dispatch INTERFACE ${DISPATCH_LIBRARIES})
+        return()
+    endif()
+endif()
+
+add_library(external_dispatch_bundled STATIC IMPORTED)
+
+set(dispatch_loc ${third_party_loc}/dispatch)
+set(dispatch_prefix ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/dispatch-prefix)
+set(dispatch_binary_dir ${dispatch_prefix}/src/dispatch-build)
+
+include(ExternalProject)
+ExternalProject_Add(dispatch
+    SOURCE_DIR ${dispatch_loc}
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR Ninja
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=clang
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++
+        -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
+        -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
+    INSTALL_COMMAND :
+    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS
+        ${dispatch_binary_dir}/src/libdispatch.a
+        ${dispatch_binary_dir}/src/BlocksRuntime/libBlocksRuntime.a
+)
+
+set_target_properties(external_dispatch_bundled PROPERTIES
+    IMPORTED_LOCATION "${dispatch_binary_dir}/src/libdispatch.a"
+)
+
+target_include_directories(external_dispatch_bundled SYSTEM
+INTERFACE
+    ${dispatch_loc}
+)
+
+target_link_libraries(external_dispatch_bundled
+INTERFACE
+    ${dispatch_binary_dir}/src/BlocksRuntime/libBlocksRuntime.a
+    pthread
+)
+
+add_dependencies(external_dispatch_bundled dispatch)
+
+target_link_libraries(external_dispatch
+INTERFACE
+    external_dispatch_bundled
+)