diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f465ee16a..db77456b2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "third_party/gyp"]
 	path = third_party/gyp
 	url = https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/gyp
+[submodule "third_party/ninja"]
+	path = third_party/ninja
+	url = https://chromium.googlesource.com/external/martine/ninja
diff --git a/third_party/ninja b/third_party/ninja
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..0917ff862
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/ninja
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0917ff862bc54626b68bcdc208551e9ab17a2e4a