diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69a7268
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "vendor/hidapi"]
+	path = vendor/hidapi
+	url = git@github.com:ruabmbua/hidapi-rs.git
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6ebe3f0..6e437b1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ description = "A CLI and tray application for monitoring and managing HyperX hea
 
 [dependencies]
 clap = { version = "4.5.32", features = ["derive"] }
-hidapi = "2.3.3"
+hidapi = { path = "vendor/hidapi" }
 thistermination = "1.0.0"
 [target.'cfg(target_os = "linux")'.dependencies]
 ksni = "0.2.0"
diff --git a/vendor/hidapi b/vendor/hidapi
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..009df08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/hidapi
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 009df084a952454b3cbd5a63b8666b1017ab1a9f