diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 392648e4..3170252c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -14,3 +14,6 @@
 [submodule "deps/libbacktrace"]
 	path = deps/libbacktrace
 	url = https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace.git
+[submodule "deps/libuv"]
+	path = deps/libuv
+	url = https://github.com/libuv/libuv.git
diff --git a/deps/libuv b/deps/libuv
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..e9f29cb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/libuv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e9f29cb984231524e3931aa0ae2c5dae1a32884e