diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4de47fa6b7..0f94613c4f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@
 [submodule "catch"]
     path = externals/catch
     url = https://github.com/philsquared/Catch.git
+[submodule "cubeb"]
+    path = externals/cubeb
+    url = https://github.com/kinetiknz/cubeb.git
 [submodule "dynarmic"]
     path = externals/dynarmic
     url = https://github.com/MerryMage/dynarmic.git
diff --git a/externals/cubeb b/externals/cubeb
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..12b78c0edf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/cubeb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 12b78c0edfa40007e41dbdcd9dfe367fbb98d018