diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c72d8f71bf..666e0885dc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -31,3 +31,9 @@
 [submodule "Vulkan/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers"]
 	path = Vulkan/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers
 	url = https://github.com/KhronosGroup/Vulkan-LoaderAndValidationLayers
+[submodule "Utilities/yaml-cpp"]
+	path = Utilities/yaml-cpp
+	url = https://github.com/RPCS3/yaml-cpp
+[submodule "3rdparty/pugixml"]
+	path = 3rdparty/pugixml
+	url = https://github.com/RPCS3/pugixml
diff --git a/3rdparty/pugixml b/3rdparty/pugixml
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..f205aaf6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/pugixml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f205aaf6e1c90f1dda943edd4f82922118a85648
diff --git a/Utilities/yaml-cpp b/Utilities/yaml-cpp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..bc71686835
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Utilities/yaml-cpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bc716868350f2d5a4fa2836ebf96bf83fc02a9be