diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6ad948c9a0a..d5a203491fc 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -76,3 +76,6 @@
 [submodule "contrib/brotli"]
 	path = contrib/brotli
 	url = https://github.com/google/brotli.git
+[submodule "contrib/hyperscan"]
+	path = contrib/hyperscan
+	url = https://github.com/intel/hyperscan.git
diff --git a/contrib/hyperscan b/contrib/hyperscan
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..90cd1863d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/hyperscan
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 90cd1863d64135323cae44606c6eff5fc76a1532