diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fd010e3e..fb134354 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -15,3 +15,6 @@
 [submodule "examples/libs/zigimg"]
 	path = examples/libs/zigimg
 	url = https://github.com/zigimg/zigimg
+[submodule "examples/assets"]
+	path = examples/assets
+	url = https://github.com/hexops/mach-examples-assets
diff --git a/examples/assets b/examples/assets
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..b5a84047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/assets
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b5a8404715e6cfc57e66c4a7cc0625e64b3b3c56