diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29b..9cbfe81a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "subprojects/pyzstd"]
+	path = subprojects/pyzstd
+	url = https://github.com/Rogdham/pyzstd.git
diff --git a/subprojects/pyzstd b/subprojects/pyzstd
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..16857eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/pyzstd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 16857eb6c775fba2496285aee16ba62ecf02db81