diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 160e0867..809c15ea 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,3 @@ build-*/
 config-debug
 wayland-*-protocol.*
 /subprojects/wlroots
-subprojects
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c8b5e417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "subprojects/scenefx"]
+	path = subprojects/scenefx
+	url = https://github.com/wlrfx/scenefx.git
diff --git a/subprojects/scenefx b/subprojects/scenefx
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..e1f4bc59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/scenefx
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e1f4bc5996b1c77c7fa8536b7c03d9eb4140227d