diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8fda1e943..be0985f80 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -61,3 +61,6 @@
 [submodule "submodules/externals/opus"]
 	path = submodules/externals/opus
 	url = git://git.opus-codec.org/opus.git
+[submodule "submodules/externals/libxml2"]
+	path = submodules/externals/libxml2
+	url = git://git.gnome.org/libxml2
diff --git a/submodules/externals/libxml2 b/submodules/externals/libxml2
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..c943f708f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/externals/libxml2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c943f708f1853de4eb15e5a94cf0b35d108da87a