diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2539f20c..b6273b6f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 	path = win32-deps
 	url = https://github.com/visualboyadvance-m/win32-deps.git
 	branch = master
+[submodule "third_party/googletest"]
+	path = third_party/googletest
+	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2416cede..b0d5584a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -90,14 +90,9 @@ endif()
 
 # Configure gtest
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
-    FetchContent_Declare(googletest
-        URL https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/2d16ed055d09c3689d44b272adc097393de948a0.zip
-        EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
-    )
-
     set(gtest_force_shared_crt ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
-    FetchContent_MakeAvailable(googletest)
-
+    set(INSTALL_GTEST OFF CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
+    add_subdirectory(./third_party/googletest)
     include(GoogleTest)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/third_party/googletest b/third_party/googletest
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..b514bdc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/googletest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b514bdc898e2951020cbdca1304b75f5950d1f59