diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index aae5c05..b5a1220 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -145,3 +145,6 @@
 [submodule "new_terminal"]
 	path = new_terminal
 	url = https://git.sr.ht/~ehmry/new_terminal
+[submodule "xapian"]
+	path = xapian_actor
+	url = https://git.sr.ht/~ehmry/xapian-nim
diff --git a/xapian_actor b/xapian_actor
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..ecd5ee5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xapian_actor
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ecd5ee5eb09c794cac8400ff976e74173e03f0d8