diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4e2703e2bfb..3f4327fcfb8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -16,3 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "core/src/lua/lua"]
 	path = core/src/lua/lua
 	url = ../../xmake-io/xmake-core-lua.git
+[submodule "core/src/lz4/lz4"]
+	path = core/src/lz4/lz4
+	url = ../../xmake-io/xmake-core-lz4.git
diff --git a/core/src/lz4/lz4 b/core/src/lz4/lz4
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..033606ef259
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/lz4/lz4
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 033606ef259ef2852f6ae1e8ec7a10c641417654