diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b43a910ab3..baa06df721 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -43,3 +43,6 @@
 [submodule "teakra"]
     path = externals/teakra
     url = https://github.com/wwylele/teakra.git
+[submodule "externals/lodepng/lodepng"]
+	path = externals/lodepng/lodepng
+	url = https://github.com/lvandeve/lodepng.git