diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt"]
+	path = thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt
+	url = git@github.com:dschmidt/libcrashreporter-qt
diff --git a/thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt b/thirdparty/libcrashreporter-qt
new file mode 160000
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--- /dev/null
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+Subproject commit 685a86c6fe96425a80e0cb19d5c76ead4643c059