diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2a8c610639963..9a90379b1cea0 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@
 [submodule "cmake/external/re2"]
 	path = cmake/external/re2
 	url = https://github.com/google/re2.git
+[submodule "cmake/external/vcpkg"]
+	path = cmake/external/vcpkg
+	url = https://github.com/Microsoft/vcpkg.git
diff --git a/cmake/external/vcpkg b/cmake/external/vcpkg
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000..660ba9e990bec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/external/vcpkg
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 660ba9e990bec0c402dc877d3f418a2bdf193253