diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4b0899697a..e1eaff9c05 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -753,3 +753,8 @@
 	url = ../cmake.git
 	fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand
 	branch = .
+[submodule "static_string"]
+	path = libs/static_string
+	url = ../static_string.git
+	fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand
+	branch = .
diff --git a/libs/static_string b/libs/static_string
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..73d835e506
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/static_string
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 73d835e506bf4c225af908d1aa6701427f31528f