diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0ec8d65b..4227ad64 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/tracy"]
 	path = externals/tracy
 	url = https://github.com/shadps4-emu/tracy.git
+[submodule "externals/boost"]
+	path = externals/boost
+	url = https://github.com/shadps4-emu/ext-boost.git
diff --git a/externals/boost b/externals/boost
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..dfb313f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/boost
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dfb313f8357b8f6601fa7420be1a39a51ba86f77