diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a0c91fc..179910e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@
 [submodule "docs/doxygen-awesome-css"]
 	path = docs/doxygen-awesome-css
 	url = https://github.com/jothepro/doxygen-awesome-css.git
+[submodule "extern/tmxlite"]
+	path = extern/tmxlite
+	url = https://github.com/fallahn/tmxlite.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 08e3c8e..ce5c04c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@ set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS FALSE)
 set(SDL2MIXER_VENDORED ON)
 set(SDL2TTF_VENDORED ON)
 
+set(TMXLITE_STATIC_LIB TRUE)
+
 add_subdirectory(extern/SDL EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(extern/SDL_image EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(extern/SDL_mixer EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 add_subdirectory(extern/SDL_ttf EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+add_subdirectory(extern/tmxlite/tmxlite EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SOURCES ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/*.cpp)
 add_executable(${PROJECT_NAME} ${SOURCES})
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
     SDL2_image::SDL2_image-static
     SDL2_mixer::SDL2_mixer-static
     SDL2_ttf::SDL2_ttf-static
+    tmxlite
 )
 
 if(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE MATCHES "Debug")
diff --git a/extern/tmxlite b/extern/tmxlite
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..4303871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/tmxlite
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 430387140d087e920d62b922b603b5e5dff35ca9