diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a84f0658d6..77eaca3caa 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@
 [submodule "ext/lua"]
 	path = ext/lua
 	url = https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp-lua.git
+[submodule "ext/freetype"]
+	path = ext/freetype
+	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/freetype/freetype.git
diff --git a/ext/freetype b/ext/freetype
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..007c46ebbf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/freetype
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 007c46ebbf45fc9debeebc01c7739f725faee342