diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7e0417002..c1c611c01 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "src/3rdparty/bin"]
 	path = src/3rdparty/bin
 	url = https://github.com/clangen/musikcube-bin
+[submodule "src/3rdparty/asio"]
+	path = src/3rdparty/asio
+	url = https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio/
diff --git a/src/3rdparty/asio b/src/3rdparty/asio
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..147f7225a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/3rdparty/asio
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 147f7225a96d45a2807a64e443177f621844e51c