diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a3d0428..c319839 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "external/uvw"]
 	path = external/uvw
 	url = https://github.com/skypjack/uvw.git
+[submodule "external/libuv"]
+	path = external/libuv
+	url = https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git
diff --git a/external/libuv b/external/libuv
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..274f2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/libuv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 274f2bd3b70847cadd9a3965577a87e666ab9ac3