diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fb62de9c..afb7e544 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ endif
 # file.
 
 boost_dep = dependency('boost', modules : ['filesystem'])
+bitsery_dep = subproject('bitsery').get_variable('bitsery_dep')
 msgpack_dep = dependency('msgpack')
 threads_dep = dependency('threads')
 # The built in threads dependency does not know how to handle winegcc
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@ shared_library(
   ],
   native : true,
   include_directories : include_dir,
-  dependencies : [boost_dep, msgpack_dep, threads_dep],
+  dependencies : [boost_dep, bitsery_dep, msgpack_dep, threads_dep],
   link_args : ['-ldl']
 )
 
@@ -47,6 +48,6 @@ executable(
   ],
   native : false,
   include_directories : include_dir,
-  dependencies : [boost_dep, msgpack_dep, wine_threads_dep],
+  dependencies : [boost_dep, bitsery_dep, msgpack_dep, wine_threads_dep],
   link_args : []
 )
diff --git a/subprojects/.gitignore b/subprojects/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ea053e16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/*/*
diff --git a/subprojects/bitsery-patch.tar.xz b/subprojects/bitsery-patch.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..92af9fa5
Binary files /dev/null and b/subprojects/bitsery-patch.tar.xz differ
diff --git a/subprojects/bitsery.wrap b/subprojects/bitsery.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..af79ca9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/bitsery.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[wrap-file]
+directory = bitsery-d24dfe14f5a756c0f8ad3d56ae6949ecc2c99b2e
+
+source_url = https://github.com/fraillt/bitsery/archive/d24dfe14f5a756c0f8ad3d56ae6949ecc2c99b2e.zip
+source_filename = bitsery-d24dfe14f5a756c0f8ad3d56ae6949ecc2c99b2e.zip
+source_hash = 1a3219e0818db6fa95677deb29087ddccf99087c0777c9313719122062186ae7
+
+patch_url = file:../subprojects/bitsery-patch.tar.xz
+patch_filename = bitsery-patch.tar.xz
+patch_hash = d33edb5c4f9128831b0b70944c1b29239a97d6b8a2c36a43aada2b4a48eb9a51