diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f53c976772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "extern/shiny"]
+	path = extern/shiny
+	url = git@github.com:scrawl/shiny.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 84cef306e0..569e28675d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -432,6 +432,9 @@ if(WIN32)
     include(CPack)
 endif(WIN32)
 
+# Extern
+add_subdirectory (extern/shiny)
+
 # Components
 add_subdirectory (components)
 
diff --git a/extern/shiny b/extern/shiny
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..51b573fc66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/shiny
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 51b573fc66ac9a61fe780070692cc600a89f51dd