diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3e32b9a2..4ee0bf4e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "external/benchmark"]
 	path = external/benchmark
 	url = https://github.com/google/benchmark
+[submodule "external/readerwriterqueue"]
+	path = external/readerwriterqueue
+	url = https://github.com/cameron314/readerwriterqueue.git
diff --git a/external/readerwriterqueue b/external/readerwriterqueue
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..2ae710de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/readerwriterqueue
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2ae710de996a1d02bbc7696b2cdff2c6078e76f8