diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..357804a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+/.cache/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c9ffd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "subprojects/wlroots"]
+	path = subprojects/wlroots
+	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots.git
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 45b3f91..e3d5362 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -35,7 +35,12 @@ if is_freebsd
   )
 endif
 
-wlroots        = dependency('wlroots', version: '>= 0.17.0', fallback: ['wlroots', 'wlroots'])
+wlroots_proj = subproject(
+  'wlroots',
+  default_options: ['examples=false', 'xwayland=disabled'],
+)
+
+wlroots        = wlroots_proj.get_variable('wlroots')
 wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.14')
 wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server')
 xkbcommon      = dependency('xkbcommon')
diff --git a/subprojects/wlroots b/subprojects/wlroots
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6dce6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/wlroots
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6dce6ae2ed92544b9758b194618e21f4c97f1d6b