diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29..8b66306 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "libxml2"]
+	path = libxml2/libxml2
+	url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/libxml2.git
diff --git a/libxml2/libxml2 b/libxml2/libxml2
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..c8eaf22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libxml2/libxml2
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c8eaf2236ff16667970f96f3f01e119c99d38ab2