diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f11a6079d..a8df186f9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@
 	path = rpcs3/3rdparty/GPUOpen/VulkanMemoryAllocator
 	url = ../../Megamouse/VulkanMemoryAllocator.git
 	ignore = dirty
-[submodule "3rdparty/json"]
-	path = 3rdparty/json
+[submodule "rpcs3/3rdparty/json"]
+	path = rpcs3/3rdparty/json
 	url = ../../nlohmann/json.git
 	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/rpcs3/3rdparty/json b/rpcs3/3rdparty/json
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..11aa5f944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rpcs3/3rdparty/json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 11aa5f944d17ed5b96250ca133bf33c5ca8b0161