diff --git a/cmake/modules/jq.cmake b/cmake/modules/jq.cmake
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2019 The Falco Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+#
+if(NOT USE_BUNDLED_DEPS)
+  find_path(JQ_INCLUDE jq.h PATH_SUFFIXES jq)
+  find_library(JQ_LIB NAMES jq)
+  if(JQ_INCLUDE AND JQ_LIB)
+    message(STATUS "Found jq: include: ${JQ_INCLUDE}, lib: ${JQ_LIB}")
+  else()
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Couldn't find system jq")
+  endif()
+else()
+  set(JQ_SRC "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/jq-prefix/src/jq")
+  message(STATUS "Using bundled jq in '${JQ_SRC}'")
+  set(JQ_INCLUDE "${JQ_SRC}")
+  set(JQ_LIB "${JQ_SRC}/.libs/libjq.a")
+  ExternalProject_Add(
+    jq
+    URL "https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-1.5/jq-1.5.tar.gz"
+    URL_MD5 "0933532b086bd8b6a41c1b162b1731f9"
+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ./configure --disable-maintainer-mode --enable-all-static --disable-dependency-tracking
+    BUILD_COMMAND ${CMD_MAKE} LDFLAGS=-all-static
+    BUILD_IN_SOURCE 1
+    PATCH_COMMAND curl -L https://github.com/stedolan/jq/commit/8eb1367ca44e772963e704a700ef72ae2e12babd.patch | patch
+    INSTALL_COMMAND "")
+endif()