diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f74f70b4dc..6cd17330c5 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -178,9 +178,11 @@ sudo xbps-install meson ninja pkg-config git \
   polkit-devel librsvg-devel libqalculate-devel libxml2-devel jemalloc-devel
 ```
 
-Vendored dependencies, with no system package needed: `Wuffs`, `tomlplusplus`,
+Vendored dependencies, with no system package needed: `Wuffs`,
 `nlohmann/json`, `Luau`, `dr_wav`, `fzy`, `stb_image_resize2`, and Material Color Utilities.
 
+Dependencies that are vendored by default, with a meson option to instead use the system package: `tomlplusplus`
+
 System packages required beyond the Wayland/GL stack: `libwebp` handles WebP decoding and thumbnail encoding. Wuffs
 handles the other supported raster image formats. `libqalculate` powers the launcher calculator (arithmetic, unit and
 currency conversion).
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7ca6b143bb..b8cc2c1bea 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -177,6 +177,15 @@ stb_dep = declare_dependency(
   include_directories: include_directories('third_party/stb', is_system: true),
 )
 
+# ── Vendored: tomlplusplus (header-only) ─────────────────────────────────
+if get_option('system_tomlplusplus')
+  tomlplusplus_dep = dependency('tomlplusplus')
+else
+  tomlplusplus_dep = declare_dependency(
+    include_directories: include_directories('third_party/tomlplusplus', is_system: true),
+  )
+endif
+
 # ── Vendored: md4c (CommonMark parser) ───────────────────────────────────────
 _md4c_lib = static_library('md4c',
   'third_party/md4c/md4c.c',
@@ -875,7 +884,6 @@ endif
 # ── Include directories ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
 _noctalia_inc = [
   include_directories('src'),
-  include_directories('third_party/tomlplusplus', is_system: true),
   include_directories('third_party/wuffs', is_system: true),
   # nlohmann is header-only and uses GCC extensions in some paths; treat as system.
   include_directories('third_party/nlohmann', is_system: true),
@@ -917,6 +925,7 @@ noctalia_exe = executable('noctalia',
     mcu_dep,
     libxml2_dep,
     stb_dep,
+    tomlplusplus_dep,
     md4c_dep,
     libwebp_dep,
     luau_dep,
@@ -1269,6 +1278,9 @@ plugin_manifest_test = executable('plugin_manifest_test',
     'src/core/log.cpp',
   ),
   include_directories: _noctalia_inc,
+  dependencies: [
+    tomlplusplus_dep,
+  ],
 )
 
 test('plugin_manifest', plugin_manifest_test)
@@ -1308,7 +1320,10 @@ config_schema_roundtrip_test = executable('config_schema_roundtrip_test',
     'src/core/key_chord.cpp',
   ),
   include_directories: _noctalia_inc,
-  dependencies: [xkbcommon_dep],
+  dependencies: [
+    xkbcommon_dep,
+    tomlplusplus_dep,
+  ],
 )
 
 test('config_schema_roundtrip', config_schema_roundtrip_test)
@@ -1327,7 +1342,10 @@ config_widget_test = executable('config_widget_test',
     'src/core/key_chord.cpp',
   ),
   include_directories: _noctalia_inc,
-  dependencies: [xkbcommon_dep],
+  dependencies: [
+    xkbcommon_dep,
+    tomlplusplus_dep,
+  ],
 )
 
 test('config_widget', config_widget_test)
@@ -1347,7 +1365,10 @@ config_path_resolution_test = executable('config_path_resolution_test',
     'src/core/key_chord.cpp',
   ),
   include_directories: _noctalia_inc,
-  dependencies: [xkbcommon_dep],
+  dependencies: [
+    xkbcommon_dep,
+    tomlplusplus_dep,
+  ],
 )
 
 test('config_path_resolution', config_path_resolution_test)
@@ -1373,6 +1394,9 @@ state_store_test = executable('state_store_test',
     'src/core/log.cpp',
   ),
   include_directories: _noctalia_inc,
+  dependencies: [
+    tomlplusplus_dep,
+  ],
 )
 
 test('state_store', state_store_test)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 8b715a194e..042263d122 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 option('jemalloc', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Use jemalloc on glibc builds')
 option('tests', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Build unit tests (auto: on for unsanitized debug builds)')
+option('system_tomlplusplus', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Use system tomlplusplus instead of vendored')
diff --git a/src/core/toml.h b/src/core/toml.h
index efb2d3a373..903e3b6b20 100644
--- a/src/core/toml.h
+++ b/src/core/toml.h
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wshadow"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wconversion"
 #pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wsign-conversion"
-#include <toml.hpp>
+#include <toml++/toml.hpp>
 #pragma GCC diagnostic pop
diff --git a/src/shell/greeter/greeter_appearance_sync.cpp b/src/shell/greeter/greeter_appearance_sync.cpp
index 6da7f37ee0..6db11a595e 100644
--- a/src/shell/greeter/greeter_appearance_sync.cpp
+++ b/src/shell/greeter/greeter_appearance_sync.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include <system_error>
-#include <toml.hpp>
+#include <toml++/toml.hpp>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace {
diff --git a/third_party/tomlplusplus/toml.hpp b/third_party/tomlplusplus/toml++/toml.hpp
similarity index 100%
rename from third_party/tomlplusplus/toml.hpp
rename to third_party/tomlplusplus/toml++/toml.hpp