diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f50e307..8b94a52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,13 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 
+option(CG_USE_SYSTEM_CHIGRAPH "Try to find chigraph instead of building it here" OFF)
+
 set(BUILD_EXAMPLES OFF CACHE BOOL "")
 add_subdirectory(third_party/nodeeditor)
 
-add_subdirectory(chigraph)
+if (CG_USE_SYSTEM_CHIGRAPH)
+	find_package(Chigraph REQUIRED)
+else()
+	add_subdirectory(chigraph)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(src)
diff --git a/chigraph b/chigraph
index 2b57776..244c0d0 160000
--- a/chigraph
+++ b/chigraph
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2b5777613ad3dd8f7c489f6d3b6c0b8021049d9c
+Subproject commit 244c0d0a512158d6f126713fc0ca0e2a3b532989