diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c999f9cc1..5df4a4625 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "3rdparty/glslang"]
 	path = 3rdparty/glslang
 	url = ../../KhronosGroup/glslang.git
+[submodule "3rdparty/json"]
+	path = 3rdparty/json
+	url = ../../nlohmann/json.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 8d3d28295..bfd449610 100644
--- a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,3 +18,4 @@ set(SPIRV_CROSS_SKIP_INSTALL on)
 add_subdirectory(SPIRV-Cross)
 
 add_subdirectory(glslang)
+add_subdirectory(json)
diff --git a/3rdparty/json b/3rdparty/json
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..960b763ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 960b763ecd144f156d05ec61f577b04107290137