diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 368a6fe90c..246662a5db 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,6 +102,12 @@ set(COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS "${COMMON_COMPILE_OPTIONS} -fstrict-overflow")
 ADD_CHECK_C_COMPILER_FLAG(CMAKE_C_FLAGS C_WARN_STRICT_OVERFLOW -Wstrict-overflow=1)
 ADD_CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS CXX_WARN_STRICT_OVERFLOW -Wstrict-overflow=1)
 
+if(EXISTS discord-rpc)
+    add_subdirectory(discord-rpc)
+    add_definitions(-D__ENABLE_DISCORD__)
+    include_directories(discord-rpc/include)
+	set(HAVE_DISCORD_RPC TRUE)
+endif()
 
 # Include sub-projects
 include("${ROOT_DIR}/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt" NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
diff --git a/scripts/linux/install.sh b/scripts/linux/install.sh
index 9fd9d512dc..35501b7666 100755
--- a/scripts/linux/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/linux/install.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ if [[ "$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]]; then
 		brew install jansson sdl2 sdl2_ttf speex --universal
 	fi
 elif [[ $(uname) == "Linux" ]]; then
+	# Clone discord-rpc for Discord's Rich Presence support
+	git clone https://github.com/discordapp/discord-rpc
 	# prevent build.sh from re-doing all the steps again
 	case "$TARGET" in
 		"ubuntu_i686")
diff --git a/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
index 2865d9e324..65b3549fa4 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/openrct2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ if (UNIX OR STATIC OR ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "BSD")
     target_link_libraries(${PROJECT} ${ICONV_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
+if (HAVE_DISCORD_RPC)
+    target_link_libraries(libopenrct2 discord-rpc)
+endif()
+
 # Includes
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT} SYSTEM PRIVATE ${LIBZIP_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_include_directories(${PROJECT} PUBLIC ${JANSSON_INCLUDE_DIRS})