diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 34b3fa18..422dbcd9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@
 [submodule "3rdparty/maintui"]
 	path = 3rdparty/maintui
 	url = https://github.com/numas13/xash3d-maintui.git
+[submodule "3rdparty/library_suffix"]
+	path = 3rdparty/library_suffix
+	url = https://github.com/FWGS/library-suffix.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/library_suffix b/3rdparty/library_suffix
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..9accd08d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/library_suffix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9accd08dfced2ecd8c296b5eb30cc9a18d5f5c1e
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 46d34bf8..6825d8bb 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ SUBDIRS = [
 	Subproject('filesystem'),
 	Subproject('stub/server'),
 	Subproject('3rdparty/libbacktrace'),
+	Subproject('3rdparty/library_suffix'),
 
 	# disable only by engine feature, makes no sense to even parse subprojects in dedicated mode
 	Subproject('3rdparty/extras',       lambda x: x.env.CLIENT and x.env.DEST_OS != 'android'),