diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d53813b55a3..6a4481b55ab 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -118,3 +118,6 @@
 [submodule "src/support/glut/rust-glut"]
 	path = src/support/glut/rust-glut
 	url = http://github.com/mozilla-servo/rust-glut.git
+[submodule "src/support/http/rust-http"]
+	path = src/support/http/rust-http
+	url = git://github.com/mozilla-servo/rust-http
diff --git a/src/support/http/rust-http b/src/support/http/rust-http
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..c8c703e88be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/support/http/rust-http
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c8c703e88be23ec34e62fbbb92bca1b3aac93ebe