diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 209f6962..2b84a157 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/freetype"]
 	path = lib/freetype
 	url = https://github.com/fvanroie/freetype
+[submodule "lib/lv_lib_freetype"]
+	path = lib/lv_lib_freetype
+	url = https://github.com/fvanroie/lv_lib_freetype
diff --git a/lib/lv_lib_freetype b/lib/lv_lib_freetype
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..ff505e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/lv_lib_freetype
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ff505e1db212e95f536e25970e5eb755965e6090