diff --git a/Builds/CMake/deps/Findsoci.cmake b/Builds/CMake/deps/Findsoci.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5215a977eb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Builds/CMake/deps/Findsoci.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+find_package (PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+
+# no soci pkgconfig
+#pkg_search_module (soci_PC QUIET libsoci_core>=3.2)
+
+if(static)
+  set(SOCI_LIB libsoci.a)
+else()
+  set(SOCI_LIB libsoci_core.so)
+endif()
+
+find_library (soci
+  NAMES ${SOCI_LIB})
+
+find_path (SOCI_INCLUDE_DIR
+  NAMES soci/soci.h)
diff --git a/Builds/CMake/deps/Soci.cmake b/Builds/CMake/deps/Soci.cmake
index 1378d8fd194..58a7e1adf93 100644
--- a/Builds/CMake/deps/Soci.cmake
+++ b/Builds/CMake/deps/Soci.cmake
@@ -2,120 +2,145 @@
    NIH dep: soci
 #]===================================================================]
 
-set (soci_lib_pre ${ep_lib_prefix})
-set (soci_lib_post "")
-if (WIN32)
-  # for some reason soci on windows still prepends lib (non-standard)
-  set (soci_lib_pre lib)
-  # this version in the name might change if/when we change versions of soci
-  set (soci_lib_post "_4_0")
-endif ()
-get_target_property (_boost_incs Boost::date_time INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
-ExternalProject_Add (soci
-  PREFIX ${nih_cache_path}
-  GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/SOCI/soci.git
-  GIT_TAG 04e1870294918d20761736743bb6136314c42dd5
-  # We had an issue with soci integer range checking for boost::optional
-  # and needed to remove the exception that SOCI throws in this case.
-  # This is *probably* a bug in SOCI, but has never been investigated more
-  # nor reported to the maintainers.
-  # This cmake script comments out the lines in question.
-  # This patch process is likely fragile and should be reviewed carefully
-  # whenever we update the GIT_TAG above.
-  PATCH_COMMAND
-    ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Builds/CMake/soci_patch.cmake
-  CMAKE_ARGS
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
-    -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
-    $<$<BOOL:${CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE}>:-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON>
-    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sqlite3
-    -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Builds/CMake
-    -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>,::>
-    -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${sqlite_BINARY_DIR}
-    -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
-    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${is_multiconfig}>>:-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}>
-    -DSOCI_CXX_C11=ON
-    -DSOCI_STATIC=ON
-    -DSOCI_LIBDIR=lib
-    -DSOCI_SHARED=OFF
-    -DSOCI_TESTS=OFF
-    # hack to workaround the fact that soci doesn't currently use
-    # boost imported targets in its cmake. If they switch to
-    # proper imported targets, this next line can be removed
-    # (as well as the get_property above that sets _boost_incs)
-    -DBoost_INCLUDE_DIRS=$<JOIN:${_boost_incs},::>
-    -DBOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT}
-    -DWITH_BOOST=ON
-    -DSOCI_DB2=OFF
-    -DSOCI_FIREBIRD=OFF
-    -DSOCI_MYSQL=OFF
-    -DSOCI_ODBC=OFF
-    -DSOCI_ORACLE=OFF
-    -DSOCI_POSTGRESQL=OFF
-    -DSOCI_SQLITE3=ON
-    -DSQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR=$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>,::>
-    -DSQLITE3_LIBRARY=$<IF:$<CONFIG:Debug>,$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG>,$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE>>
-    $<$<BOOL:${APPLE}>:-DCMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK=LAST>
-    $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:
-      "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-GR -Gd -fp:precise -FS -EHa -MP"
-      "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=-MTd"
-      "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=-MT"
-    >
-    $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:
-      "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated-declarations"
-    >
-    # SEE: https://github.com/SOCI/soci/issues/640
-    $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${is_gcc}>,$<VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL:${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION},8>>:
-      "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=format-overflow -Wno-format-overflow -Wno-error=format-truncation"
-    >
-  LIST_SEPARATOR ::
-  LOG_BUILD ON
-  LOG_CONFIGURE ON
-  BUILD_COMMAND
-    ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-    --build .
-    --config $<CONFIG>
-    $<$<VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL:${CMAKE_VERSION},3.12>:--parallel ${ep_procs}>
-    $<$<BOOL:${is_multiconfig}>:
-      COMMAND
-        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
-        <BINARY_DIR>/lib/$<CONFIG>/${soci_lib_pre}soci_core${soci_lib_post}$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_d>${ep_lib_suffix}
-        <BINARY_DIR>/lib/$<CONFIG>/${soci_lib_pre}soci_empty${soci_lib_post}$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_d>${ep_lib_suffix}
-        <BINARY_DIR>/lib/$<CONFIG>/${soci_lib_pre}soci_sqlite3${soci_lib_post}$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_d>${ep_lib_suffix}
-        <BINARY_DIR>/lib
-      >
-  TEST_COMMAND ""
-  INSTALL_COMMAND ""
-  DEPENDS sqlite
-  BUILD_BYPRODUCTS
-    <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_core${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
-    <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_core${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
-    <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_empty${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
-    <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_empty${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
-    <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_sqlite3${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
-    <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_sqlite3${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
-)
-ExternalProject_Get_Property (soci BINARY_DIR)
-ExternalProject_Get_Property (soci SOURCE_DIR)
-if (CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE)
-  print_ep_logs (soci)
-endif ()
-file (MAKE_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR}/include)
-file (MAKE_DIRECTORY ${BINARY_DIR}/include)
 foreach (_comp core empty sqlite3)
   add_library ("soci_${_comp}" STATIC IMPORTED GLOBAL)
-  set_target_properties ("soci_${_comp}" PROPERTIES
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG
-      ${BINARY_DIR}/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_${_comp}${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
-    IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE
-      ${BINARY_DIR}/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_${_comp}${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
-    INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
-      "${SOURCE_DIR}/include;${BINARY_DIR}/include")
-  add_dependencies ("soci_${_comp}" soci) # something has to depend on the ExternalProject to trigger it
-  target_link_libraries (ripple_libs INTERFACE "soci_${_comp}")
-  if (NOT _comp STREQUAL "core")
-    target_link_libraries ("soci_${_comp}" INTERFACE soci_core)
+endforeach ()
+
+if (NOT WIN32)
+  find_package(soci)
+endif()
+
+if (soci)
+  foreach (_comp core empty sqlite3)
+    set_target_properties ("soci_${_comp}" PROPERTIES
+      IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG
+        ${soci}
+      IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE
+        ${soci}
+      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+        ${SOCI_INCLUDE_DIR})
+  endforeach ()
+
+else()
+  set (soci_lib_pre ${ep_lib_prefix})
+  set (soci_lib_post "")
+  if (WIN32)
+    # for some reason soci on windows still prepends lib (non-standard)
+    set (soci_lib_pre lib)
+    # this version in the name might change if/when we change versions of soci
+    set (soci_lib_post "_4_0")
   endif ()
+  get_target_property (_boost_incs Boost::date_time INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
+  ExternalProject_Add (soci
+    PREFIX ${nih_cache_path}
+    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/SOCI/soci.git
+    GIT_TAG 04e1870294918d20761736743bb6136314c42dd5
+    # We had an issue with soci integer range checking for boost::optional
+    # and needed to remove the exception that SOCI throws in this case.
+    # This is *probably* a bug in SOCI, but has never been investigated more
+    # nor reported to the maintainers.
+    # This cmake script comments out the lines in question.
+    # This patch process is likely fragile and should be reviewed carefully
+    # whenever we update the GIT_TAG above.
+    PATCH_COMMAND
+      ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/Builds/CMake/soci_patch.cmake
+    CMAKE_ARGS
+      -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER}
+      -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+      $<$<BOOL:${CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE}>:-DCMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=ON>
+      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/sqlite3
+      -DCMAKE_MODULE_PATH=${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/Builds/CMake
+      -DCMAKE_INCLUDE_PATH=$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>,::>
+      -DCMAKE_LIBRARY_PATH=${sqlite_BINARY_DIR}
+      -DCMAKE_DEBUG_POSTFIX=_d
+      $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${is_multiconfig}>>:-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}>
+      -DSOCI_CXX_C11=ON
+      -DSOCI_STATIC=ON
+      -DSOCI_LIBDIR=lib
+      -DSOCI_SHARED=OFF
+      -DSOCI_TESTS=OFF
+      # hack to workaround the fact that soci doesn't currently use
+      # boost imported targets in its cmake. If they switch to
+      # proper imported targets, this next line can be removed
+      # (as well as the get_property above that sets _boost_incs)
+      -DBoost_INCLUDE_DIRS=$<JOIN:${_boost_incs},::>
+      -DBOOST_ROOT=${BOOST_ROOT}
+      -DWITH_BOOST=ON
+      -DSOCI_DB2=OFF
+      -DSOCI_FIREBIRD=OFF
+      -DSOCI_MYSQL=OFF
+      -DSOCI_ODBC=OFF
+      -DSOCI_ORACLE=OFF
+      -DSOCI_POSTGRESQL=OFF
+      -DSOCI_SQLITE3=ON
+      -DSQLITE3_INCLUDE_DIR=$<JOIN:$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>,::>
+      -DSQLITE3_LIBRARY=$<IF:$<CONFIG:Debug>,$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG>,$<TARGET_PROPERTY:sqlite,IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE>>
+      $<$<BOOL:${APPLE}>:-DCMAKE_FIND_FRAMEWORK=LAST>
+      $<$<BOOL:${MSVC}>:
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-GR -Gd -fp:precise -FS -EHa -MP"
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG=-MTd"
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE=-MT"
+      >
+      $<$<NOT:$<BOOL:${MSVC}>>:
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated-declarations"
+      >
+      # SEE: https://github.com/SOCI/soci/issues/640
+      $<$<AND:$<BOOL:${is_gcc}>,$<VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL:${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION},8>>:
+        "-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=-Wno-deprecated-declarations -Wno-error=format-overflow -Wno-format-overflow -Wno-error=format-truncation"
+      >
+    LIST_SEPARATOR ::
+    LOG_BUILD ON
+    LOG_CONFIGURE ON
+    BUILD_COMMAND
+      ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+      --build .
+      --config $<CONFIG>
+      $<$<VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL:${CMAKE_VERSION},3.12>:--parallel ${ep_procs}>
+      $<$<BOOL:${is_multiconfig}>:
+        COMMAND
+          ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy
+          <BINARY_DIR>/lib/$<CONFIG>/${soci_lib_pre}soci_core${soci_lib_post}$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_d>${ep_lib_suffix}
+          <BINARY_DIR>/lib/$<CONFIG>/${soci_lib_pre}soci_empty${soci_lib_post}$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_d>${ep_lib_suffix}
+          <BINARY_DIR>/lib/$<CONFIG>/${soci_lib_pre}soci_sqlite3${soci_lib_post}$<$<CONFIG:Debug>:_d>${ep_lib_suffix}
+          <BINARY_DIR>/lib
+        >
+    TEST_COMMAND ""
+    INSTALL_COMMAND ""
+    DEPENDS sqlite
+    BUILD_BYPRODUCTS
+      <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_core${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
+      <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_core${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
+      <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_empty${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
+      <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_empty${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
+      <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_sqlite3${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
+      <BINARY_DIR>/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_sqlite3${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
+  )
+  ExternalProject_Get_Property (soci BINARY_DIR)
+  ExternalProject_Get_Property (soci SOURCE_DIR)
+  if (CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE)
+    print_ep_logs (soci)
+  endif ()
+  file (MAKE_DIRECTORY ${SOURCE_DIR}/include)
+  file (MAKE_DIRECTORY ${BINARY_DIR}/include)
+  foreach (_comp core empty sqlite3)
+    set_target_properties ("soci_${_comp}" PROPERTIES
+      IMPORTED_LOCATION_DEBUG
+        ${BINARY_DIR}/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_${_comp}${soci_lib_post}_d${ep_lib_suffix}
+      IMPORTED_LOCATION_RELEASE
+        ${BINARY_DIR}/lib/${soci_lib_pre}soci_${_comp}${soci_lib_post}${ep_lib_suffix}
+      INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES
+        "${SOURCE_DIR}/include;${BINARY_DIR}/include")
+    add_dependencies ("soci_${_comp}" soci) # something has to depend on the ExternalProject to trigger it
+    target_link_libraries (ripple_libs INTERFACE "soci_${_comp}")
+    if (NOT _comp STREQUAL "core")
+      target_link_libraries ("soci_${_comp}" INTERFACE soci_core)
+    endif ()
+  endforeach ()
+endif()
+
+foreach (_comp core empty sqlite3)
   exclude_if_included ("soci_${_comp}")
 endforeach ()
+
+
 exclude_if_included (soci)