diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index aa88079..71b4e78 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ project('dwl', ['c', 'cpp'],
   version : '0.4'
 )
 
+subproject('wlroots', default_options : 'examples=false')
 subdir('protocols')
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
diff --git a/subprojects/wlroots.wrap b/subprojects/wlroots.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6bff106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/wlroots.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[wrap-git]
+url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wlroots/wlroots
+revision = HEAD
+depth = 1
+