diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 37831862e..6e4eac2b4 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -95,3 +95,6 @@
 	path = externals/pugixml
 	url = https://github.com/zeux/pugixml.git
 	shallow = true
+[submodule "externals/discord-rpc"]
+	path = externals/discord-rpc
+	url = https://github.com/shadps4-emu/ext-discord-rpc
diff --git a/externals/discord-rpc b/externals/discord-rpc
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..80d35b5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/discord-rpc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 80d35b5f86adc6557d0384771119cf167495dbae