diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 528b1cbb17..75656a7a38 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -516,6 +516,13 @@ include_directories(Source/Core)
 add_subdirectory(Externals/Bochs_disasm)
 include_directories(Externals/Bochs_disasm)
 
+if(NOT XXHASH_FOUND)
+	message("Using static xxhash from Externals")
+	add_subdirectory(Externals/xxhash)
+	include_directories(Externals/xxhash)
+endif()
+LIST(APPEND LIBS xxhash)
+
 # If zlib has already been found on a previous run of cmake don't check again
 # as the check seems to take a long time.
 if(NOT ZLIB_FOUND)
diff --git a/Externals/xxhash/CMakeLists.txt b/Externals/xxhash/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..475d2ca43a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Externals/xxhash/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+project(xxhash C)
+
+set(SRCS
+	xxhash.c
+)
+
+add_library(xxhash STATIC ${SRCS})
diff --git a/Externals/xxhash/xxhash.vcxproj b/Externals/xxhash/xxhash.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55574759a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Externals/xxhash/xxhash.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C}</ProjectGuid>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>StaticLibrary</ConfigurationType>
+    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\Source\VSProps\Base.props" />
+    <Import Project="..\..\Source\VSProps\ClDisableAllWarnings.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup />
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="xxhash.c" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Text Include="LICENSE" />
+    <Text Include="CMakeLists.txt" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ClInclude Include="xxhash.h" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
index f76c59e8ba..649cd5095e 100644
--- a/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/VideoCommon/VideoCommon.vcxproj
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@
     <ProjectReference Include="$(ExternalsDir)SOIL\SOIL.vcxproj">
       <Project>{b441cc62-877e-4b3f-93e0-0de80544f705}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
+    <ProjectReference Include="$(ExternalsDir)xxhash\xxhash.vcxproj">
+      <Project>{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C}</Project>
+    </ProjectReference>
     <ProjectReference Include="$(ExternalsDir)zlib\zlib.vcxproj">
       <Project>{ff213b23-2c26-4214-9f88-85271e557e87}</Project>
     </ProjectReference>
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/Base.props b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
index 4a361b0cb7..3e447b5420 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/Base.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/Base.props
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)SOIL;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)wxWidgets3;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)wxWidgets3\Include;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)xxhash;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)zlib;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>USE_UPNP;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/QtCompile.props b/Source/VSProps/QtCompile.props
index 8727c7d60c..9a21863036 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/QtCompile.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/QtCompile.props
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@
         in order to prevent the trailing slash from escaping the doublequote after value replacement.
         -->
     <MocIncludes>"-I$(QtIncludeDir)QtWidgets" "-I$(QtIncludeDir)QtGui" "-I$(QtIncludeDir)QtCore" "-I$(QtIncludeDir) " "-I$(QtToolOutDir) " -I.</MocIncludes>
-    <MocIncludes>"-I$(ExternalsDir)zlib" "-I$(ExternalsDir)SOIL" "-I$(ExternalsDir)SFML\include" "-I$(ExternalsDir)portaudio\include" "-I$(ExternalsDir)polarssl\include" "-I$(ExternalsDir)miniupnpc\src" "-I$(ExternalsDir)LZO" "-I$(ExternalsDir)libusbx\libusb" "-I$(ExternalsDir)libpng" "-I$(ExternalsDir)GL" "-I$(ExternalsDir)Bochs_disasm" "-I$(ExternalsDir) " "-I$(CoreDir) " $(MocIncludes)</MocIncludes>
+    <MocIncludes>"-I$(ExternalsDir)xxhash" "-I$(ExternalsDir)zlib" "-I$(ExternalsDir)SOIL" "-I$(ExternalsDir)SFML\include" "-I$(ExternalsDir)portaudio\include" "-I$(ExternalsDir)polarssl\include" "-I$(ExternalsDir)miniupnpc\src" "-I$(ExternalsDir)LZO" "-I$(ExternalsDir)libusbx\libusb" "-I$(ExternalsDir)libpng" "-I$(ExternalsDir)GL" "-I$(ExternalsDir)Bochs_disasm" "-I$(ExternalsDir) " "-I$(CoreDir) " $(MocIncludes)</MocIncludes>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Target Name="QtMoc"
     BeforeTargets="ClCompile"
@@ -167,4 +167,4 @@
       Overwrite="true"
     />
   </Target>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props b/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props
index 213827577f..7b7c253709 100644
--- a/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props
+++ b/Source/VSProps/WXWOverrides.props
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@
       <ExceptionHandling>Async</ExceptionHandling>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4267;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__WXMSW__;WXBUILDING;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\;..\..\include;..\..\..\zlib;..\..\..\libpng</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\..\;..\..\include;..\..\..\xxhash;..\..\..\zlib;..\..\..\libpng</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalOptions>"/manifestdependency:type='Win32' name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\" %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup />
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/Source/dolphin-emu.sln b/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
index 7361f45c3c..c4fb3b6511 100644
--- a/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
+++ b/Source/dolphin-emu.sln
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "png", "..\Externals\libpng\
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "SOIL", "..\Externals\SOIL\SOIL.vcxproj", "{B441CC62-877E-4B3F-93E0-0DE80544F705}"
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "xxhash", "..\Externals\xxhash\xxhash.vcxproj", "{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C}"
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "zlib", "..\Externals\zlib\zlib.vcxproj", "{FF213B23-2C26-4214-9F88-85271E557E87}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "SoundTouch", "..\Externals\soundtouch\SoundTouch.vcxproj", "{EC082900-B4D8-42E9-9663-77F02F6936AE}"
@@ -133,6 +135,10 @@ Global
 		{B441CC62-877E-4B3F-93E0-0DE80544F705}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
 		{B441CC62-877E-4B3F-93E0-0DE80544F705}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
 		{B441CC62-877E-4B3F-93E0-0DE80544F705}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{FF213B23-2C26-4214-9F88-85271E557E87}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
 		{FF213B23-2C26-4214-9F88-85271E557E87}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
 		{FF213B23-2C26-4214-9F88-85271E557E87}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@ Global
 		{31643FDB-1BB8-4965-9DE7-000FC88D35AE} = {87ADDFF9-5768-4DA2-A33B-2477593D6677}
 		{4C9F135B-A85E-430C-BAD4-4C67EF5FC12C} = {87ADDFF9-5768-4DA2-A33B-2477593D6677}
 		{B441CC62-877E-4B3F-93E0-0DE80544F705} = {87ADDFF9-5768-4DA2-A33B-2477593D6677}
+		{677EA016-1182-440C-9345-DC88D1E98C0C} = {87ADDFF9-5768-4DA2-A33B-2477593D6677}
 		{FF213B23-2C26-4214-9F88-85271E557E87} = {87ADDFF9-5768-4DA2-A33B-2477593D6677}
 		{EC082900-B4D8-42E9-9663-77F02F6936AE} = {87ADDFF9-5768-4DA2-A33B-2477593D6677}
 		{1C8436C9-DBAF-42BE-83BC-CF3EC9175ABE} = {87ADDFF9-5768-4DA2-A33B-2477593D6677}