diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 886af19c693..2f26596ce86 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,9 +20,25 @@ if(CONDA_ROOT)
 
 endif()
 
-include(third_party/get_third_party)
+option(BuildForFedora "Build for Fedora. Means that everything is build with Border tools" NO)
+
+if(BuildForFedora)
+
+    # You also need to install sudo dnf install lapack-devel openfst-devel
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+
+    #find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
+
+    #pkg_check_modules(FST REQUIRED fst)
+
+else()
+    include(third_party/get_third_party)
+
+    include(cmake/third_party/openfst.cmake)
+endif()
 
-include(cmake/third_party/openfst.cmake)
 
 find_package(PythonInterp)
 if(NOT PYTHON_EXECUTABLE)
@@ -43,8 +59,11 @@ execute_process(COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}
 )
 unset(IS_LIB_SHARE)
 
-set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
-set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+if(BuildForFedora)
+else()
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14)
+    set(CMAKE_CXX_EXTENSIONS OFF)
+endif()
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_MESSAGE LAZY) # hide "-- Up-to-date: ..."
 if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     set(CMAKE_POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
@@ -228,8 +247,19 @@ endif()
 #            PATHS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/openfst/include"
 #            REQUIRED)
 
+if(BuildForFedora)
+    # Version used used by Fedora 41 is 1.83
+    # TODO: Detect the right version and put it here.
+    add_definitions(-DOPENFST_VER=18300)
+#    link_directories(/usr/lib64)
+#    include_directories(/usr/include/fst)    
+endif()
+
 link_libraries(fst)
 
+
+
+
 # add all native libraries
 add_subdirectory(src/base) # NOTE, we need to patch the target with version from outside
 set_property(TARGET kaldi-base PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "KALDI_VERSION=\"${KALDI_VERSION}\"")
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e915a3096e8..49baedaf85e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -52,6 +52,22 @@ Development pattern for contributors
 Platform specific notes
 -----------------------
 
+### Fedora 41 (and later)
+
+In order to build it on Fedora 41 using the libraries that are provided by the distro, you need to install the development libraries and dependencies with
+
+```
+sudo dnf install lapack-devel openfst-devel
+```
+
+then build the package as follows:
+
+```
+cmake -S ./ -Bbuild/Release -DFETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED=ON -DBuildForFedora=ON
+cmake --build /home/gerhard/workspace/kaldi/build/Release
+```
+
+
 ### PowerPC 64bits little-endian (ppc64le)
 
 - Kaldi is expected to work out of the box in RHEL >= 7 and Ubuntu >= 16.04 with