diff --git a/3party/freetype/CMakeLists.txt b/3party/freetype/CMakeLists.txt
index 5120494b50..f860474cbe 100644
--- a/3party/freetype/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3party/freetype/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ target_include_directories(freetype
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}>
     $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include/freetype2>
 )
+add_library(Freetype::Freetype ALIAS freetype)
diff --git a/3party/icu/CMakeLists.txt b/3party/icu/CMakeLists.txt
index 60b55d93de..9a716b353d 100644
--- a/3party/icu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3party/icu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project(icu)
 
-set(SRC
+add_library(icuuc
   uconfig_local.h
   icu/icu4c/source/common/appendable.cpp
   icu/icu4c/source/common/bmpset.cpp
@@ -170,6 +170,21 @@ set(SRC
   icu/icu4c/source/common/uvectr32.cpp
   icu/icu4c/source/common/uvectr64.h
   icu/icu4c/source/common/wintz.h
+)
+
+target_include_directories(icuuc
+  PUBLIC
+    ./
+    icu/icu4c/source/common
+)
+
+target_compile_definitions(icuuc PUBLIC UCONFIG_USE_LOCAL)
+
+set_target_properties(icuuc PROPERTIES UNITY_BUILD OFF)
+
+add_library(ICU::uc ALIAS icuuc)
+
+add_library(icui18n
   icu/icu4c/source/i18n/anytrans.cpp
   icu/icu4c/source/i18n/anytrans.h
   icu/icu4c/source/i18n/astro.h
@@ -375,18 +390,18 @@ set(SRC
   icu/icu4c/source/stubdata/stubdata.cpp
 )
 
-add_library(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SRC})
+target_compile_definitions(icui18n PUBLIC UCONFIG_USE_LOCAL)
 
-target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME}
-  PUBLIC
-    UCONFIG_USE_LOCAL
-)
-
-target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME}
+target_include_directories(icui18n
   PUBLIC
     ./
-    icu/icu4c/source/common
     icu/icu4c/source/i18n
+  PRIVATE
+    icu/icu4c/source/common
 )
 
-set_target_properties(${PROJECT_NAME} PROPERTIES UNITY_BUILD OFF)
+target_link_libraries(icui18n PRIVATE icuuc)
+
+set_target_properties(icui18n PROPERTIES UNITY_BUILD OFF)
+
+add_library(ICU::i18n ALIAS icui18n)
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f7b854f9d4..ce79125a2d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -310,9 +310,14 @@ set(EXPAT_SHARED_LIBS OFF)
 add_subdirectory(3party/expat/expat)
 add_subdirectory(3party/agg)
 add_subdirectory(3party/bsdiff-courgette)
-add_subdirectory(3party/freetype)
 add_subdirectory(3party/gflags)
-add_subdirectory(3party/icu)
+if (LINUX_DETECTED)
+  find_package(ICU COMPONENTS uc i18n data REQUIRED)
+  find_package(Freetype REQUIRED)
+else()
+  add_subdirectory(3party/freetype)
+  add_subdirectory(3party/icu)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(3party/jansson)
 add_subdirectory(3party/liboauthcpp)
 add_subdirectory(3party/minizip)
diff --git a/coding/CMakeLists.txt b/coding/CMakeLists.txt
index 82ca04ba16..fcaff2e136 100644
--- a/coding/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/coding/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
   expat
   jansson
   succinct
-  icu       # For transliteration.
+  ICU::uc
+  ICU::i18n # For transliteration.
   oauthcpp  # For base64_encode and base64_decode
   minizip
   ${LIBZ}
diff --git a/coding/transliteration.cpp b/coding/transliteration.cpp
index bb52809333..0a99b36703 100644
--- a/coding/transliteration.cpp
+++ b/coding/transliteration.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 #include <unicode/utrans.h>
 #include <unicode/utypes.h>
 
+#include "std/target_os.hpp"
+
 #include <cstring>
 #include <mutex>
 
@@ -58,8 +60,12 @@ void Transliteration::Init(std::string const & icuDataDir)
     return;
 
   // This function should be called before the first ICU operation that will require the loading of
-  // an ICU data file.
+  // an ICU data file. On Linux, data file is loaded automatically from the shared library.
+#ifndef OMIM_OS_LINUX
   u_setDataDirectory(icuDataDir.c_str());
+#else
+  UNUSED_VALUE(icuDataDir);
+#endif
 
   for (auto const & lang : StringUtf8Multilang::GetSupportedLanguages())
   {
@@ -118,10 +124,7 @@ bool Transliteration::Transliterate(std::string const & transID, icu::UnicodeStr
 
   it->second->m_transliterator->transliterate(ustr);
 
-  if (ustr.isEmpty())
-    return false;
-
-  return true;
+  return !ustr.isEmpty();
 }
 
 bool Transliteration::TransliterateForce(std::string const & str, std::string const & transliteratorId,
diff --git a/coding/transliteration.hpp b/coding/transliteration.hpp
index a6e8c16838..676705d8f8 100644
--- a/coding/transliteration.hpp
+++ b/coding/transliteration.hpp
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@
 #include <mutex>
 #include <string>
 
-namespace icu
-{
+// From ICU library, either 3party/icu or from the system's package.
+#include <unicode/uversion.h>
+
+U_NAMESPACE_BEGIN
 class UnicodeString;
-}  // namespace icu
+U_NAMESPACE_END
 
 class Transliteration
 {
diff --git a/drape/CMakeLists.txt b/drape/CMakeLists.txt
index e0eedfa03d..5221eb5302 100644
--- a/drape/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/drape/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -169,11 +169,11 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME}
   geometry
   coding
   base
-  freetype
+  Freetype::Freetype
   vulkan_wrapper
   stb_image
   sdf_image
-  icu
+  ICU::i18n
   expat
   $<$<BOOL:${PLATFORM_MAC}>:-framework\ OpenGL>
   $<$<BOOL:${PLATFORM_LINUX}>:OpenGL::GL>
diff --git a/generator/generator_tool/generator_tool.cpp b/generator/generator_tool/generator_tool.cpp
index b3057b0d3e..166ad928e9 100644
--- a/generator/generator_tool/generator_tool.cpp
+++ b/generator/generator_tool/generator_tool.cpp
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@
 #include "platform/platform.hpp"
 
 #include "coding/endianness.hpp"
-#include "coding/transliteration.hpp"
 
 #include "base/file_name_utils.hpp"
 #include "base/timer.hpp"
diff --git a/generator/pygen/CMakeLists.txt b/generator/pygen/CMakeLists.txt
index cfa4e82909..4f26910972 100644
--- a/generator/pygen/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/generator/pygen/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ omim_link_libraries(
   opening_hours
   freetype
   expat
-  icu
+  ICU::i18n
   jansson
   protobuf
   bsdiff
diff --git a/indexer/search_string_utils.cpp b/indexer/search_string_utils.cpp
index 5813657aa9..ea4826b20f 100644
--- a/indexer/search_string_utils.cpp
+++ b/indexer/search_string_utils.cpp
@@ -5,8 +5,6 @@
 
 #include "coding/transliteration.hpp"
 
-#include "coding/transliteration.hpp"
-
 #include "base/assert.hpp"
 #include "base/dfa_helpers.hpp"
 #include "base/macros.hpp"
diff --git a/indexer/transliteration_loader.cpp b/indexer/transliteration_loader.cpp
index 5eaec80f87..098bd9106a 100644
--- a/indexer/transliteration_loader.cpp
+++ b/indexer/transliteration_loader.cpp
@@ -12,23 +12,24 @@
 
 void InitTransliterationInstanceWithDefaultDirs()
 {
+  Platform const & pl = GetPlatform();
+
 #if defined(OMIM_OS_ANDROID)
   char const kICUDataFile[] = "icudt70l.dat";
-  if (!GetPlatform().IsFileExistsByFullPath(GetPlatform().WritableDir() + kICUDataFile))
+  if (!pl.IsFileExistsByFullPath(pl.WritableDir() + kICUDataFile))
   {
     try
     {
-      ZipFileReader::UnzipFile(GetPlatform().ResourcesDir(), std::string("assets/") + kICUDataFile,
-                               GetPlatform().WritableDir() + kICUDataFile);
+      ZipFileReader::UnzipFile(pl.ResourcesDir(), std::string("assets/") + kICUDataFile,
+                               pl.WritableDir() + kICUDataFile);
     }
     catch (RootException const & e)
     {
-      LOG(LWARNING,
-          ("Can't get transliteration data file \"", kICUDataFile, "\", reason:", e.Msg()));
+      LOG(LWARNING, ("Can't get transliteration data file \"", kICUDataFile, "\", reason:", e.Msg()));
     }
   }
-  Transliteration::Instance().Init(GetPlatform().WritableDir());
+  Transliteration::Instance().Init(pl.WritableDir());
 #else
-  Transliteration::Instance().Init(GetPlatform().ResourcesDir());
+  Transliteration::Instance().Init(pl.ResourcesDir());
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/kml/pykmlib/CMakeLists.txt b/kml/pykmlib/CMakeLists.txt
index 6fa9119332..e85481054d 100644
--- a/kml/pykmlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kml/pykmlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ omim_link_libraries(
   coding
   geometry
   base
-  icu
+  ICU::i18n
   jansson
   oauthcpp
   protobuf
diff --git a/map/framework.cpp b/map/framework.cpp
index ee83525f2c..c0c0d9c268 100644
--- a/map/framework.cpp
+++ b/map/framework.cpp
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ Framework::Framework(FrameworkParams const & params)
 
   m_featuresFetcher.GetDataSource().AddObserver(editor);
 
-  LOG(LINFO, ("Editor initialized"));
+  LOG(LDEBUG, ("Editor initialized"));
 
   m_trafficManager.SetCurrentDataVersion(m_storage.GetCurrentDataVersion());
   m_trafficManager.SetSimplifiedColorScheme(LoadTrafficSimplifiedColors());
diff --git a/qt/CMakeLists.txt b/qt/CMakeLists.txt
index 0fa43501e3..3b051caf7c 100644
--- a/qt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/qt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,7 +129,6 @@ copy_resources(
   unicode_blocks.txt
   World.mwm
   WorldCoasts.mwm
-  icudt70l.dat
 
   00_NotoNaskhArabic-Regular.ttf
   00_NotoSansThai-Regular.ttf
@@ -142,11 +141,16 @@ copy_resources(
   07_roboto_medium.ttf
 )
 
+if (NOT PLATFORM_LINUX)
+  # On Linux, ICU data is loaded from the shared library.
+  copy_resources(icudt70l.dat)
+endif()
+
 if (PLATFORM_MAC)
   execute_process(
     COMMAND cp -r ${OMIM_ROOT}/tools/shaders_compiler/macos ${RESOURCES_FOLDER}/shaders_compiler
   )
-elseif(PLATFORM_LINUX)
+elseif (PLATFORM_LINUX)
   execute_process(
     COMMAND cp -r ${OMIM_ROOT}/tools/shaders_compiler/linux ${RESOURCES_FOLDER}/shaders_compiler
   )
diff --git a/search/pysearch/CMakeLists.txt b/search/pysearch/CMakeLists.txt
index 310667edd5..cc460b7f21 100644
--- a/search/pysearch/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/search/pysearch/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ omim_link_libraries(
   coding
   base
   bsdiff
-  icu
+  ICU::i18n
   jansson
   oauthcpp
   opening_hours
diff --git a/traffic/pytraffic/CMakeLists.txt b/traffic/pytraffic/CMakeLists.txt
index ad93d24e7a..cab110c81a 100644
--- a/traffic/pytraffic/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/traffic/pytraffic/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ omim_link_libraries(
   pugixml
   opening_hours
   succinct
-  icu
+  ICU::i18n
   ${Boost_LIBRARIES}
   ${LIBZ}
 )