diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c0ba5e79d..20f469bcc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -123,3 +123,6 @@
 [submodule "externals/aacdec/fdk-aac"]
 	path = externals/aacdec/fdk-aac
 	url = https://android.googlesource.com/platform/external/aac
+[submodule "externals/opencv"]
+	path = externals/opencv
+	url = https://github.com/opencv/opencv
diff --git a/externals/opencv b/externals/opencv
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..fe38fc608
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/opencv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fe38fc608f6acb8b68953438a62305d8318f4fcd