diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29bb2..bf1e32d2f7 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "wxWidgets"]
+	path = wxWidgets
+	url = https://github.com/wxWidgets/wxWidgets.git
diff --git a/wxWidgets b/wxWidgets
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..8f97969383
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wxWidgets
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8f9796938374f6aa714fb96c11d8aecaaad727df