diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1ee8ea2124..ddd6a1c41d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -25,3 +25,7 @@
 [submodule "waterbox/nyma/mednafen"]
 	path = waterbox/nyma/mednafen
 	url = https://github.com/TASVideos/mednafen.git
+[submodule "submodules/gambatte"]
+	path = submodules/gambatte
+	url = https://github.com/TASVideos/gambatte-speedrun.git
+	branch = bizhawk
diff --git a/submodules/gambatte b/submodules/gambatte
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..2f1e59c5f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/gambatte
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2f1e59c5f0c464a8c05653acd5bfe6bd89734a98