diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8373eef871..cd26719f6e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
 	path = src/jpeg
 	url = https://github.com/wxWidgets/libjpeg-turbo.git
 	branch = wx
+[submodule "3rdparty/pcre"]
+	path = 3rdparty/pcre
+	url = https://github.com/wxWidgets/pcre
+	branch = wx
diff --git a/3rdparty/pcre b/3rdparty/pcre
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..5b934c2a67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/pcre
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5b934c2a6770c05ae3e9bc5f63e0ed5da098b08b