diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7d4d7e80..dd857360 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 [submodule "dep/scintilla/lexilla"]
 	path = dep/scintilla/lexilla
 	url = git@github.com:ScintillaOrg/lexilla.git
+[submodule "dep/scintilla/scintillua"]
+	path = dep/scintilla/scintillua
+	url = https://github.com/orbitalquark/scintillua.git
diff --git a/dep/scintilla/CMakeLists.txt b/dep/scintilla/CMakeLists.txt
index 0693612a..886a2fd2 100644
--- a/dep/scintilla/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dep/scintilla/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -67,6 +67,4 @@ target_link_libraries(scintilla
 
 set_target_properties(scintilla PROPERTIES AUTOMOC ON)
 
-set(SCINTILLUA_LEXERS_DIR
-    ${SCINTILLA_DIR}/lexlua
-    CACHE INTERNAL "")
+set(SCINTILLUA_LEXERS_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/scintillua/lexers CACHE INTERNAL "")
diff --git a/dep/scintilla/Readme.md b/dep/scintilla/Readme.md
index 7a0854d0..9c3d9c72 100644
--- a/dep/scintilla/Readme.md
+++ b/dep/scintilla/Readme.md
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 To update to a new version, download the source from
 https://www.scintilla.org/ScintillaHistory.html
-and replace it with the current 
+and replace it with the current
diff --git a/dep/scintilla/scintillua b/dep/scintilla/scintillua
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..33d0e343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dep/scintilla/scintillua
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 33d0e3433a2046c1077f6b33fc801caf6bfac7a9