diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b41fa0437..e24bfb707 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -23,3 +23,8 @@
 [submodule "depends/libzip"]
 	path = depends/libzip
 	url = ../../nih-at/libzip.git
+	shallow = true
+[submodule "depends/libexpat"]
+	path = depends/libexpat
+	url = ../../libexpat/libexpat.git
+	shallow = true
diff --git a/depends/libexpat b/depends/libexpat
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..990e3d07e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/depends/libexpat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 990e3d07eaa127007f9d304a9b4c6ffadc61b1fe