diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ffc74c0643..8580b9039e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "tools/bindings-generator"]
 	path = tools/bindings-generator
 	url = git://github.com/cocos2d/bindings-generator.git
+[submodule "external"]
+	path = external
+	url = git://github.com/cocos2d/cocos2d-x-external.git
diff --git a/external b/external
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..1919407f9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1919407f9b4fb3173e9dce27ce653c7954c13c39