diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cbffb5c..659f80d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "tests/lib"]
 	path = tests/lib
 	url = https://github.com/google/googletest
+[submodule "3rdparty/flac"]
+	path = 3rdparty/flac
+	url = https://github.com/claunia/flac
diff --git a/3rdparty/flac b/3rdparty/flac
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..1bd71b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/flac
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1bd71b325063e28a0fc379e928196e85238dcf5f