diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29..92a5e20 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "ThirdParty/assimp"]
+	path = ThirdParty/assimp
+	url = https://github.com/assimp/assimp
diff --git a/ThirdParty/assimp b/ThirdParty/assimp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..b447485
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ThirdParty/assimp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b447485c064ec79329275cbc7b10a08787032a23