diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3c6c959..ad71249 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,11 +56,12 @@
 
 | Tool           | License (SPDX ID) | Description                    | Version | Provenience
 |----------------|-------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------------
-| half           | MIT               | IEEE 754 conformant 16-bit half-precision floating point library | 1.12.0 | http://half.sourceforge.net 
-| stb            | MIT               | Image loader, resize and writer | 2.16 | https://github.com/nothings/stb
 | cxxopts        | MIT               | A lightweight C++ option parser library | SHA 12e496da3d486b87fa9df43edea65232ed852510 | https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts
+| fmt            | MIT               | {fmt} is an open-source formatting library providing a fast and safe alternative to C stdio and C++ iostreams. | 7.0.1 | https://github.com/fmtlib/fmt
 | ghc            | MIT               | A header-only single-file std::filesystem compatible helper library | 1.3.2 | https://github.com/gulrak/filesystem 
+| half           | MIT               | IEEE 754 conformant 16-bit half-precision floating point library | 1.12.0 | http://half.sourceforge.net 
 | mapbox/variant | BSD               | A header-only alternative to 'boost::variant' | 1.1.3 | https://github.com/mapbox/variant
+| stb            | MIT               | Image loader, resize and writer | 2.16 | https://github.com/nothings/stb
 
 ### Contributions
 
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index da757c2..9d3b026 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 target_include_directories(inferenceTest PRIVATE ../src/backends)
 target_include_directories(inferenceTest PRIVATE ../third-party/stb)
 
-# Link fmt third-party library
-target_link_libraries(inferenceTest fmt)
-
 if(BUILD_CAFFE_PARSER)
     macro(CaffeParserTest testName sources)
         add_executable_ex(${testName} ${sources})
diff --git a/third-party/fmt/CMakeLists.txt b/third-party/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
index 496ae1f..9be10e8 100644
--- a/third-party/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third-party/fmt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,17 +3,12 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
 #
 
-add_library(fmt INTERFACE)
-
-target_compile_definitions(fmt INTERFACE FMT_HEADER_ONLY=1)
-
-target_include_directories(fmt SYSTEM INTERFACE
-    $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
-    $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}>)
+add_library(fmt STATIC src/format.cc)
+target_include_directories(fmt PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
 
 install(
     TARGETS fmt
     EXPORT  armnn-targets
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/third-party/fmt/src/format.cc b/third-party/fmt/src/format.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a64a1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third-party/fmt/src/format.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+// Formatting library for C++
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2012 - 2016, Victor Zverovich
+// All rights reserved.
+//
+// For the license information refer to format.h.
+
+#include "fmt/format-inl.h"
+
+FMT_BEGIN_NAMESPACE
+namespace detail {
+
+template <typename T>
+int format_float(char* buf, std::size_t size, const char* format, int precision,
+                 T value) {
+#ifdef FMT_FUZZ
+  if (precision > 100000)
+    throw std::runtime_error(
+        "fuzz mode - avoid large allocation inside snprintf");
+#endif
+  // Suppress the warning about nonliteral format string.
+  int (*snprintf_ptr)(char*, size_t, const char*, ...) = FMT_SNPRINTF;
+  return precision < 0 ? snprintf_ptr(buf, size, format, value)
+                       : snprintf_ptr(buf, size, format, precision, value);
+}
+}  // namespace detail
+
+template struct FMT_INSTANTIATION_DEF_API detail::basic_data<void>;
+
+// Workaround a bug in MSVC2013 that prevents instantiation of format_float.
+int (*instantiate_format_float)(double, int, detail::float_specs,
+                                detail::buffer<char>&) = detail::format_float;
+
+#ifndef FMT_STATIC_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR
+template FMT_API detail::locale_ref::locale_ref(const std::locale& loc);
+template FMT_API std::locale detail::locale_ref::get<std::locale>() const;
+#endif
+
+// Explicit instantiations for char.
+
+template FMT_API std::string detail::grouping_impl<char>(locale_ref);
+template FMT_API char detail::thousands_sep_impl(locale_ref);
+template FMT_API char detail::decimal_point_impl(locale_ref);
+
+template FMT_API void detail::buffer<char>::append(const char*, const char*);
+
+template FMT_API FMT_BUFFER_CONTEXT(char)::iterator detail::vformat_to(
+    detail::buffer<char>&, string_view,
+    basic_format_args<FMT_BUFFER_CONTEXT(char)>);
+
+template FMT_API int detail::snprintf_float(double, int, detail::float_specs,
+                                            detail::buffer<char>&);
+template FMT_API int detail::snprintf_float(long double, int,
+                                            detail::float_specs,
+                                            detail::buffer<char>&);
+template FMT_API int detail::format_float(double, int, detail::float_specs,
+                                          detail::buffer<char>&);
+template FMT_API int detail::format_float(long double, int, detail::float_specs,
+                                          detail::buffer<char>&);
+
+// Explicit instantiations for wchar_t.
+
+template FMT_API std::string detail::grouping_impl<wchar_t>(locale_ref);
+template FMT_API wchar_t detail::thousands_sep_impl(locale_ref);
+template FMT_API wchar_t detail::decimal_point_impl(locale_ref);
+
+template FMT_API void detail::buffer<wchar_t>::append(const wchar_t*,
+                                                      const wchar_t*);
+FMT_END_NAMESPACE