diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 123f83224..c740670ef 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -13,3 +13,6 @@
 [submodule "platform/darwin/docs/theme"]
 	path = platform/darwin/docs/theme
 	url = https://github.com/mapbox/jazzy-theme.git
+[submodule "vendor/mapbox-gl-native"]
+	path = vendor/mapbox-gl-native
+	url = https://github.com/mapbox/mapbox-gl-native.git
diff --git a/vendor/mapbox-gl-native b/vendor/mapbox-gl-native
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..465d4e8cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/mapbox-gl-native
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 465d4e8cfa612970dfe4dea0733e88698d7b7e57