diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7882c2cf..29063933 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "3rdparty/libbacktrace"]
 	path = 3rdparty/libbacktrace
 	url = https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace.git
+[submodule "3rdparty/boost"]
+	path = 3rdparty/boost
+	url = https://github.com/boostorg/boost
diff --git a/3rdparty/boost b/3rdparty/boost
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..5dfae19b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/boost
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5dfae19bf919476ce2ff28e2a9b5e03561e9c0ef