diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 869b893b3..1c5db0adc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 	path = external/Vulkan-Headers
 	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-Headers
 	branch = v1.2.158
+[submodule "external/spdlog"]
+	path = external/spdlog
+	url = https://github.com/gabime/spdlog
+	branch = v1.8.1
diff --git a/external/spdlog b/external/spdlog
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..01b350de9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/spdlog
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 01b350de96483cf00b267c6db4c25f3b739b3fee