diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 546f12290f..b691217702 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -32,3 +32,8 @@
 	path = Externals/zlib-ng/zlib-ng
 	url = https://github.com/zlib-ng/zlib-ng.git
 	shallow = true
+[submodule "Externals/libspng/libspng"]
+	path = Externals/libspng/libspng
+	url = https://github.com/randy408/libspng.git
+	branch = v0.7.2
+	shallow = true
diff --git a/Externals/libspng/libspng b/Externals/libspng/libspng
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..dc5b1032c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Externals/libspng/libspng
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dc5b1032c08efac68ad30170f7ccbf0aa8dd55c9