diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 775919f277..2b8ae49975 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@
 [submodule "extern/libjpeg-turbo"]
 	path = extern/libjpeg-turbo
 	url = https://github.com/libjpeg-turbo/libjpeg-turbo.git
+[submodule "extern/hidapi"]
+	path = extern/hidapi
+	url = https://github.com/libusb/hidapi.git
diff --git a/extern/hidapi b/extern/hidapi
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..0ab6c14264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/hidapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0ab6c14264ec76e9328a8eedb3b72b5d27dffd47