diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 004d8dfacb..7d34a0dee9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "cmake/external/gsl"]
 	path = cmake/external/gsl
 	url = https://github.com/Microsoft/GSL.git
+[submodule "cmake/external/gemmlowp"]
+	path = cmake/external/gemmlowp
+	url = https://github.com/google/gemmlowp.git
diff --git a/cmake/external/gemmlowp b/cmake/external/gemmlowp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..a3df028932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/external/gemmlowp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a3df028932a6b00e6ef9c4b6f1c6109f696c915d