diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 0604671..ec47fdf 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 	path = ffmpeg
 	url = https://git.ffmpeg.org/ffmpeg.git
 	branch = release/8.0
+[submodule "codecs/x264"]
+	path = codecs/x264
+	url = https://code.videolan.org/videolan/x264.git
+	branch = stable
diff --git a/codecs/x264 b/codecs/x264
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..b35605a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecs/x264
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b35605ace3ddf7c1a5d67a2eb553f034aef41d55