diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8e51fe86..c05d6eb3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@
 [submodule "external/textflowcpp"]
 	path = external/textflowcpp
 	url = https://github.com/catchorg/textflowcpp.git
+[submodule "external/maplibre-native-qt"]
+	path = external/maplibre-native-qt
+	url = https://github.com/maplibre/maplibre-native-qt.git
diff --git a/external/maplibre-native-qt b/external/maplibre-native-qt
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..38dde09f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/maplibre-native-qt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 38dde09fee7a267b1762c87ad1eeeeeebb527e44