diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29bb..a6452efb7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "subprojects/python-xlib"]
+	path = subprojects/python-xlib
+	url = https://github.com/python-xlib/python-xlib.git
diff --git a/subprojects/python-xlib b/subprojects/python-xlib
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..4e8bbf8fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/python-xlib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4e8bbf8fc4941e5da301a8b3db8d27e98de68666