diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 586207cc8..abbfaaef9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/external/asio"]
 	path = lib/external/asio
 	url = https://github.com/chriskohlhoff/asio.git
+[submodule "lib/artist"]
+	path = lib/artist
+	url = https://github.com/cycfi/artist.git