diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4d4ad583f9..4ae9400cff 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@
 [submodule "Externals/gtest"]
 	path = Externals/gtest
 	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+[submodule "Externals/rcheevos/rcheevos"]
+	path = Externals/rcheevos/rcheevos
+	url = https://github.com/RetroAchievements/rcheevos.git
diff --git a/Externals/rcheevos/rcheevos b/Externals/rcheevos/rcheevos
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..c5304a61bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Externals/rcheevos/rcheevos
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c5304a61bcf256ae80fcd1c8f64ad9646aaea757