diff --git a/releasenotes.md b/releasenotes.md
index 02b78ed80..03364e639 100644
--- a/releasenotes.md
+++ b/releasenotes.md
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 - Add `.gitkeep` files to project subfolders.
 - Add `env::COMPILER_BUILD_HASH` and `env::COMPILER_BUILD_DATE`
 - Support linking .o files in compilation command. #1417
-- Slicing constant strings and bytes at compile time works.
+- Slicing constant strings at compile time works.
+- Add `project fetch` subcommand to fetch missing project dependencies (general and target specific)
+- Ability of `vendor-fetch` to download the dependencies in the first specified path `dependencies-search-path`
+- Ability of `vendor-fetch` to register the fetched dependencies in the project file.
 - Allow the "self" parameter to be $/# for macro methods.
 - Support compile time slicing of untyped lists.
 
diff --git a/src/build/build.h b/src/build/build.h
index e91fab22f..af5243879 100644
--- a/src/build/build.h
+++ b/src/build/build.h
@@ -53,7 +53,8 @@ typedef enum
 {
 	SUBCOMMAND_MISSING = 0,
 	SUBCOMMAND_VIEW,
-	SUBCOMMAND_ADD
+	SUBCOMMAND_ADD,
+	SUBCOMMAND_FETCH
 } ProjectSubcommand;
 
 typedef enum
@@ -733,3 +734,4 @@ void create_library(BuildOptions *build_options);
 void resolve_libraries(BuildTarget *build_target);
 void view_project(BuildOptions *build_options);
 void add_target_project(BuildOptions *build_options);
+void fetch_project(BuildOptions* options);
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diff --git a/src/build/build_options.c b/src/build/build_options.c
index ba86cc25d..7cda98ea4 100644
--- a/src/build/build_options.c
+++ b/src/build/build_options.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 #include "../utils/whereami.h"
 #include "build.h"
+#include "project.h"
 #include "build_internal.h"
 #include "git_hash.h"
 
@@ -187,6 +188,9 @@ static void project_usage()
 	PRINTF("Project Subcommands:");
 	PRINTF("  view                                          view the current projects structure");
 	PRINTF("  add-target <name>  <target_type>              add a new target to the project");
+	#if FETCH_AVAILABLE
+		PRINTF("  fetch              							fetch missing project libraries");
+	#endif
 }
 
 static void parse_project_subcommand(BuildOptions *options)
@@ -208,6 +212,11 @@ static void parse_project_subcommand(BuildOptions *options)
 
 		return;
 	}
+	if (arg_match("fetch"))
+	{
+		options->project_options.command = SUBCOMMAND_FETCH;
+		return;
+	}
 
 	PROJECT_FAIL_WITH_ERR("Cannot process the unknown subcommand \"%s\".", current_arg);
 }
diff --git a/src/build/project.h b/src/build/project.h
index 8130c4ffc..8c49c330f 100644
--- a/src/build/project.h
+++ b/src/build/project.h
@@ -3,4 +3,10 @@
 
 const char** get_project_dependency_directories();
 
-void add_libraries_to_project_file(const char** libs, const char* target_name);
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+const char** get_project_dependencies();
+
+static void print_vec(const char *header, const char **vec, bool opt);
+
+void add_libraries_to_project_file(const char** libs, const char* target_name);
+
+const char* vendor_fetch_single(const char* lib, const char* path);
diff --git a/src/build/project_manipulation.c b/src/build/project_manipulation.c
index e79c1806f..e4b3988e3 100644
--- a/src/build/project_manipulation.c
+++ b/src/build/project_manipulation.c
@@ -52,6 +52,21 @@ static void print_vec(const char *header, const char **vec, bool opt)
 	PRINTFN("");
 }
 
+const char** get_project_dependencies()
+{
+	const char *filename;
+	const char** dependencies = NULL;
+
+	JSONObject *project_json = read_project(&filename);
+	JSONObject *dependencies_json = json_map_get(project_json, "dependencies");
+
+	FOREACH(JSONObject *, element, dependencies_json->elements)
+	{
+		vec_add(dependencies, element->str);
+	}
+	return dependencies;
+}
+
 static void print_opt_str(const char *header, const char *str)
 {
 	if (!str) return;
@@ -252,6 +267,95 @@ static void view_target(const char *filename, const char *name, JSONObject *targ
 	TARGET_VIEW_BOOL("Return structs on the stack", "x86-stack-struct-return");
 }
 
+
+
+#if FETCH_AVAILABLE
+void fetch_project(BuildOptions* options) 
+{
+	if (!file_exists(PROJECT_JSON5) && !file_exists(PROJECT_JSON))
+	{
+		error_exit("Failed: no project file found.");
+	}
+
+	if (str_eq(options->path, DEFAULT_PATH))
+	{
+		{
+			const char** deps_dirs =  get_project_dependency_directories();
+			int num_lib = vec_size(deps_dirs); 
+			if (num_lib > 0) options->vendor_download_path = deps_dirs[0];
+
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	const char** libdirs = get_project_dependency_directories();
+	const char** deps = get_project_dependencies();
+	const char *filename;
+	JSONObject *project_json = read_project(&filename);
+
+	JSONObject *targets_json = json_map_get(project_json, "targets");
+
+	if (targets_json && targets_json->type == J_OBJECT)
+	{
+
+		FOREACH_IDX(i, JSONObject *, target, targets_json->members)
+		{
+			const char *key = targets_json->keys[i];
+			if (target->type != J_OBJECT)
+			{
+				error_exit("Invalid data in target '%s'", key);
+			}
+
+			const char** target_deps = get_optional_string_array(filename, key, target, "dependencies");
+
+			FOREACH(const char*, dep, target_deps) {
+				vec_add(deps, dep);
+			}
+		}
+		
+	}
+
+	// dependency check tree
+	while (vec_size(deps) > 0)
+	{
+	
+		FOREACH(const char*, dir, libdirs)
+		{
+			
+			const char* dep = deps[vec_size(deps)-1];
+			if (file_exists(file_append_path(dir, str_printf("%s.c3l", dep)))) 
+			{
+				vec_pop(deps);
+				break;
+			};
+			
+			printf("Fetching missing library '%s'...", dep);
+			fflush(stdout);
+
+			const char* error = vendor_fetch_single(dep, options->vendor_download_path);
+
+			if (!error)
+			{
+				puts(" finished.");
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				printf("Failed: '%s'\n", error);
+			}
+
+			vec_pop(deps);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+}
+#else
+void fetch_project(BuildOptions* options) 
+{
+	error_exit("Error: project fetch only available when compiled with cURL.");
+}
+#endif
+
+
 void add_libraries_to_project_file(const char** libs, const char* target_name) {
 
 	if (!file_exists(PROJECT_JSON5) && !file_exists(PROJECT_JSON)) return;
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e9cb06d21..d2b7b31de 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ int main_real(int argc, const char *argv[])
 				case SUBCOMMAND_ADD:
 					add_target_project(&build_options);
 					break;
+				case SUBCOMMAND_FETCH:
+					fetch_project(&build_options);
+					break;
 				case SUBCOMMAND_MISSING:
 					break;
 			}