diff --git a/libs/CMakeLists.txt b/libs/CMakeLists.txt
index b9dd80fe6..9ed57c2d2 100644
--- a/libs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -294,3 +294,35 @@ set_path_external_library(jemalloc STATIC
   ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/jemalloc/include/)
 
 import_header_library(rangev3 ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rangev3/include)
+
+if(NOT DEFINED MGCXX_GIT_TAG)
+  set(MGCXX_GIT_TAG "v0.0.3" CACHE STRING "mgcxx git tag")
+else()
+  set(MGCXX_GIT_TAG "${MGCXX_GIT_TAG}" CACHE STRING "mgcxx git tag")
+endif()
+
+ExternalProject_Add(mgcxx-proj
+  PREFIX         mgcxx-proj
+  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/memgraph/mgcxx.git
+  GIT_TAG        ${MGCXX_GIT_TAG}
+  CMAKE_ARGS
+    "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<INSTALL_DIR>"
+    "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}"
+    "-DENABLE_TESTS=OFF"
+  INSTALL_DIR    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/mgcxx"
+)
+ExternalProject_Get_Property(mgcxx-proj install_dir)
+set(MGCXX_ROOT ${install_dir})
+
+add_library(tantivy_text_search STATIC IMPORTED)
+add_dependencies(tantivy_text_search mgcxx-proj)
+set_property(TARGET tantivy_text_search PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${MGCXX_ROOT}/lib/libtantivy_text_search.a)
+
+add_library(mgcxx_text_search STATIC IMPORTED)
+add_dependencies(mgcxx_text_search mgcxx-proj)
+set_property(TARGET mgcxx_text_search PROPERTY IMPORTED_LOCATION ${MGCXX_ROOT}/lib/libmgcxx_text_search.a)
+# We need to create the include directory first in order to be able to add it
+# as an include directory. The header files in the include directory will be
+# generated later during the build process.
+file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${MGCXX_ROOT}/include)
+set_property(TARGET mgcxx_text_search PROPERTY INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES ${MGCXX_ROOT}/include)