diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f27ef71..dc4e749 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.12)
 # Change your executable name to something creative!
 set(NAME pico-boilerplate) # <-- Name your project/executable here!
 
-include(pimoroni_pico_import.cmake)
 include(pico_sdk_import.cmake)
+include(pimoroni_pico_import.cmake)
 
 # Gooey boilerplate
 project(${NAME} C CXX ASM)
diff --git a/pimoroni_pico_import.cmake b/pimoroni_pico_import.cmake
index f0bfd03..079cab6 100644
--- a/pimoroni_pico_import.cmake
+++ b/pimoroni_pico_import.cmake
@@ -1,17 +1,45 @@
 # This file can be dropped into a project to help locate the Pimoroni Pico libraries
 # It will also set up the required include and module search paths.
 
-if (NOT PIMORONI_PICO_PATH)
-    set(PIMORONI_PICO_PATH "../../pimoroni-pico/")
-endif()
+if (DEFINED ENV{PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT} AND (NOT PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT))
+    set(PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT $ENV{PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT})
+    message("Using PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT from environment ('${PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT}')")
+endif ()
 
-if(NOT IS_ABSOLUTE ${PIMORONI_PICO_PATH})
-    get_filename_component(
-        PIMORONI_PICO_PATH
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PIMORONI_PICO_PATH}"
-        ABSOLUTE)
+if (DEFINED ENV{PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH} AND (NOT PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH))
+    set(PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH $ENV{PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH})
+    message("Using PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH from environment ('${PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH}')")
+endif ()
+
+if (NOT PIMORONI_PICO_PATH)
+    if (PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT)
+        include(FetchContent)
+        set(FETCHCONTENT_BASE_DIR_SAVE ${FETCHCONTENT_BASE_DIR})
+        if (PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH)
+            get_filename_component(FETCHCONTENT_BASE_DIR "${PIMORONI_PICO_FETCH_FROM_GIT_PATH}" REALPATH BASE_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
+        endif ()
+        FetchContent_Declare(
+                pimoroni_pico
+                GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/pimoroni/pimoroni-pico
+                GIT_TAG main
+        )
+        if (NOT pimoroni_pico)
+            message("Downloading PIMORONI_PICO SDK")
+            FetchContent_Populate(pimoroni_pico)
+            set(PIMORONI_PICO_PATH ${pimoroni_pico_SOURCE_DIR})
+        endif ()
+        set(FETCHCONTENT_BASE_DIR ${FETCHCONTENT_BASE_DIR_SAVE})
+    elseif(PICO_SDK_PATH AND EXISTS "${PICO_SDK_PATH}/../pimoroni-pico")
+        set(PIMORONI_PICO_PATH ${PICO_SDK_PATH}/../pimoroni-pico)
+        message("Defaulting PIMORONI_PICO_PATH as sibling of PICO_SDK_PATH: ${PIMORONI_PICO_PATH}")
+    elseif(EXISTS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../pimoroni-pico/")
+        set(PIMORONI_PICO_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../../pimoroni-pico/)
+    else()
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "Pimoroni Pico location was not specified. Please set PIMORONI_PICO_PATH.")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
+get_filename_component(PIMORONI_PICO_PATH "${PIMORONI_PICO_PATH}" REALPATH BASE_DIR "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}")
 if (NOT EXISTS ${PIMORONI_PICO_PATH})
     message(FATAL_ERROR "Directory '${PIMORONI_PICO_PATH}' not found")
 endif ()