diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cf6be389..59cabbb5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 .build*
-
+subprojects/libagg
+sybprojects/lua
diff --git a/lib/font_renderer/meson.build b/lib/font_renderer/meson.build
index e858f064..7724d584 100644
--- a/lib/font_renderer/meson.build
+++ b/lib/font_renderer/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
-libagg_dep = dependency('libagg')
 freetype_dep = dependency('freetype2')
 
+libagg_dep = dependency('libagg', required: false)
+if not libagg_dep.found()
+  libagg_subproject = subproject('libagg')
+  libagg_dep = libagg_subproject.get_variable('libagg_dep')
+endif
+
 font_renderer_sources = [
     'agg_font_freetype.cpp',
     'font_renderer.cpp',
diff --git a/subprojects/libagg.wrap b/subprojects/libagg.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..76eadfe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/libagg.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory = libagg
+url = https://github.com/franko/agg
+revision = v2.4-lhelper2