diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6f9e8c84..c1d9a0bf 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@
 [submodule "submodules/gtest-parallel"]
 	path = submodules/gtest-parallel
 	url = https://github.com/google/gtest-parallel.git
+[submodule "submodules/spdlog"]
+	path = submodules/spdlog
+	url = https://github.com/gabime/spdlog.git
+[submodule "submodules/fmt"]
+	path = submodules/fmt
+	url = https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c48e2df2..a4c52fc9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -536,6 +536,16 @@ add_subdirectory(crypto/ed25519-donna)
 add_subdirectory(nano/ipc_flatbuffers_lib)
 add_subdirectory(nano/ipc_flatbuffers_test)
 
+# fmt
+add_subdirectory(submodules/fmt EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+include_directories(submodules/fmt/include)
+
+# spdlog
+add_definitions(-DSPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL)
+add_subdirectory(submodules/spdlog EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+include_directories(submodules/spdlog/include)
+
+# miniupnp
 set(UPNPC_BUILD_SHARED
     OFF
     CACHE BOOL "")
diff --git a/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index d56f55e8..a15ef4c7 100644
--- a/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nano/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ target_link_libraries(
   blake2
   ${CRYPTOPP_LIBRARY}
   ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS}
+  fmt::fmt
+  spdlog::spdlog
   Boost::iostreams
   Boost::asio
   Boost::circular_buffer
diff --git a/submodules/fmt b/submodules/fmt
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..a0b8a92e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/fmt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a0b8a92e3d1532361c2f7feb63babc5c18d00ef2
diff --git a/submodules/spdlog b/submodules/spdlog
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..7e635fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/spdlog
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7e635fca68d014934b4af8a1cf874f63989352b7