diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3aaf6102..9c1f371f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -350,3 +350,9 @@
 	url = ../qtopenapi.git
 	branch = dev
 	status = preview
+[submodule "qtcanvaspainter"]
+	depends = qtbase qtdeclarative qtshadertools
+	path = qtcanvaspainter
+	url = ../qtcanvaspainter.git
+	branch = dev
+	status = preview
diff --git a/qtcanvaspainter b/qtcanvaspainter
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..6fa104ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qtcanvaspainter
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6fa104ad0472c33fcaefcc8c8ebb6efbf3a947d4