diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index be4c1851a..b2543534f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -90,3 +90,6 @@
 	url = https://github.com/shadps4-emu/ext-imgui.git
 	shallow = true
 	branch = docking
+[submodule "externals/pugixml"]
+	path = externals/pugixml
+	url = https://github.com/zeux/pugixml.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d1413b156..5b0619438 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ find_package(xbyak 7.07 CONFIG)
 find_package(xxHash 0.8.2 MODULE)
 find_package(zlib-ng 2.1.7 MODULE)
 find_package(Zydis 5.0.0 CONFIG)
+find_package(pugixml 1.14 CONFIG)
 
 if (NOT CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" OR NOT MSVC)
     find_package(cryptopp 8.9.0 MODULE)
@@ -663,7 +664,7 @@ endif()
 create_target_directory_groups(shadps4)
 
 target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE magic_enum::magic_enum fmt::fmt toml11::toml11 tsl::robin_map xbyak::xbyak Tracy::TracyClient RenderDoc::API FFmpeg::ffmpeg Dear_ImGui)
-target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE Boost::headers GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator sirit Vulkan::Headers xxHash::xxhash Zydis::Zydis glslang::SPIRV glslang::glslang SDL3::SDL3)
+target_link_libraries(shadps4 PRIVATE Boost::headers GPUOpen::VulkanMemoryAllocator sirit Vulkan::Headers xxHash::xxhash Zydis::Zydis glslang::SPIRV glslang::glslang SDL3::SDL3 pugixml::pugixml)
 
 target_compile_definitions(shadps4 PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="imgui/imgui_config.h")
 target_compile_definitions(Dear_ImGui PRIVATE IMGUI_USER_CONFIG="${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/imgui/imgui_config.h")
diff --git a/externals/CMakeLists.txt b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
index b3ba2134a..002740e5e 100644
--- a/externals/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/externals/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -179,3 +179,8 @@ option(TRACY_NO_SAMPLING "" ON)
 option(TRACY_ONLY_LOCALHOST "" ON)
 option(TRACY_NO_CONTEXT_SWITCH "" ON)
 add_subdirectory(tracy)
+
+# pugixml
+if (NOT TARGET pugixml::pugixml)
+    add_subdirectory(pugixml)
+endif()
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/externals/pugixml b/externals/pugixml
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..30cc354fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/pugixml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 30cc354fe37114ec7a0a4ed2192951690357c2ed