diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4a2a1cb8..1b65f80b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "extlib/xhash"]
 	path = extlib/xhash
 	url = git://github.com/wasabiz/xhash.git
+[submodule "extlib/xfile"]
+	path = extlib/xfile
+	url = git@github.com:wasabiz/xfile
diff --git a/extlib/xfile b/extlib/xfile
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..ecf4ff38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extlib/xfile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ecf4ff3852c6e18d7cc5f12213d8a9e25baf4090