diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 18c5cc79a..ff3fb68e6 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -106,3 +106,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/libretro-common"]
 	path = externals/libretro-common/libretro-common
 	url = https://github.com/libretro/libretro-common.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 000000000..e9ca3694c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/rcheevos/rcheevos
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e9ca3694c862b61235595176dac4b22677848c93