diff --git a/toonz/sources/CMakeLists.txt b/toonz/sources/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f9cfa5b..993dd218 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/toonz/sources/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -505,6 +505,20 @@ elseif(BUILD_ENV_UNIXLIKE)
 
     pkg_check_modules(LZ4_LIB REQUIRED liblz4)
 
+    find_package(OpenEXR)
+    if((OpenEXR_VERSION VERSION_EQUAL 3.2) OR (OpenEXR_VERSION GREATER 3.2))
+        # OpenEXR requires libdeflate starting with 3.2.0
+        # https://openexr.com/en/latest/news.html#august-30-2023-openexr-v3-2-0-released
+        if(DEFLATE-NOTFOUND)
+          pkg_check_modules(DEFLATE REQUIRED deflate)
+        endif()
+        if (TARGET deflate::deflate)
+          set(DEFLATE_LIB deflate::deflate)
+        else()
+          set(DEFLATE_LIB ${Deflate_LIBRARY})
+        endif()
+    endif()
+
     message("**************** lz4 lib:" ${LZ4_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     find_path(LZ4_STATIC lz4frame_static.h PATH ${LZ4_LIB_INCLUDE_DIRS})
     if(LZ4_STATIC-FOUND)
diff --git a/toonz/sources/toonz/CMakeLists.txt b/toonz/sources/toonz/CMakeLists.txt
index 7c4c4636..e117843e 100644
--- a/toonz/sources/toonz/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/toonz/sources/toonz/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -549,6 +549,10 @@ elseif(BUILD_ENV_UNIXLIKE)
         set(EXTRA_LIBS ${EXTRA_LIBS} Qt5::WinMain -lstrmiids -mwindows)
     endif()
 
+    if(DEFLATE)
+        set(EXTRA_LIBS ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${DEFLATE_LIB})
+    endif()
+
     target_link_libraries(
         Tahoma2D Qt5::Core Qt5::Gui Qt5::Network Qt5::OpenGL Qt5::Svg Qt5::Xml
         Qt5::Script Qt5::Widgets Qt5::PrintSupport Qt5::Multimedia Qt5::SerialPort Qt5::UiTools