diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c708e9987..2f4572f5f1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -793,6 +793,10 @@ endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(Externals/watcher)
 
+if(WIN32 OR LINUX)
+  add_subdirectory(Externals/cpp-ipc)
+endif()
+
 ########################################
 # Pre-build events: Define configuration variables and write SCM info header
 #
diff --git a/Externals/cpp-ipc/CMakeLists.txt b/Externals/cpp-ipc/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab776d4f89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Externals/cpp-ipc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+add_subdirectory(cpp-ipc)
+
+dolphin_disable_warnings(ipc)
+
+if (NOT MSVC)
+  target_compile_options(ipc PRIVATE "-fexceptions")
+endif ()
+
+add_library(cpp-ipc::ipc ALIAS ipc)