diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bc77a37d..e7621e79 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ option(OPT_BUILD_FREQUENCY_MANAGER "Build the Frequency Manager module" ON)
 option(OPT_BUILD_RECORDER "Audio and baseband recorder" ON)
 option(OPT_BUILD_RIGCTL_SERVER "Rigctl backend for controlling SDR++ with software like gpredict" ON)
 
+# Other options
+option(USE_INTERNAL_LIBCORRECT "Use an external version of libcorrect" ON)
+
 # Core of SDR++
 add_subdirectory("core")
 
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index 193e84f8..ebe3c600 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.13)
 project(sdrpp_core)
 
-add_subdirectory("libcorrect/")
+if (USE_INTERNAL_LIBCORRECT)
+    add_subdirectory("libcorrect/")
+endif (USE_INTERNAL_LIBCORRECT)
 
 # Main code
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SRC "src/*.cpp" "src/*.c")
@@ -31,12 +33,14 @@ target_compile_definitions(sdrpp_core PUBLIC INSTALL_PREFIX="${CMAKE_INSTALL_PRE
 target_include_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC "src/")
 target_include_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC "src/imgui")
 
-# Link to linkcorrect
-target_include_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC "libcorrect/include")
-target_link_libraries(sdrpp_core PUBLIC correct_static)
+# Link to libcorrect
+if (USE_INTERNAL_LIBCORRECT)
+    target_include_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC "libcorrect/include")
+    target_link_libraries(sdrpp_core PUBLIC correct_static)
+endif (USE_INTERNAL_LIBCORRECT)
 
 if (OPT_OVERRIDE_STD_FILESYSTEM)
-target_include_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC "std_replacement")
+    target_include_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC "std_replacement")
 endif (OPT_OVERRIDE_STD_FILESYSTEM)
 
 if (MSVC)
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ else()
         ${GLFW3_INCLUDE_DIRS}
         ${VOLK_INCLUDE_DIRS}
     )
-
+    
     target_link_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC
         ${GLEW_LIBRARY_DIRS}
         ${FFTW3_LIBRARY_DIRS}
@@ -95,6 +99,13 @@ else()
         ${VOLK_LIBRARIES}
     )
 
+    if (NOT USE_INTERNAL_LIBCORRECT)
+        pkg_check_modules(CORRECT REQUIRED libcorrect)
+        target_include_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC ${CORRECT_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+        target_link_directories(sdrpp_core PUBLIC ${CORRECT_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+        target_link_libraries(sdrpp_core PUBLIC ${CORRECT_LIBRARIES})
+    endif (NOT USE_INTERNAL_LIBCORRECT)
+
     if (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Linux")
         target_link_libraries(sdrpp_core PUBLIC stdc++fs)
     endif ()