diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6d01cf3a4a..79439c163f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -61,4 +61,4 @@
 	url = https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp-lua.git
 [submodule "ext/freetype"]
 	path = ext/freetype
-	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype.git
+	url = https://github.com/hrydgard/freetype.git 
diff --git a/ext/freetype b/ext/freetype
index 007c46ebbf..063ed27f48 160000
--- a/ext/freetype
+++ b/ext/freetype
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 007c46ebbf45fc9debeebc01c7739f725faee342
+Subproject commit 063ed27f481f0bcd3962fd468e1546739d7d285a