diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ca3c1c64f..53a902eeb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/commonmark-legacy"]
 	path = subprojects/commonmark-legacy
 	url = https://github.com/urbit/commonmark-legacy.git
-[submodule "subprojects/http-parser-legacy"]
-	path = subprojects/http-parser-legacy
-	url = https://github.com/urbit/http-parser-legacy.git
 [submodule "subprojects/ed25519"]
 	path = subprojects/ed25519
 	url = https://github.com/urbit/ed25519.git
@@ -19,3 +16,6 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/libuv"]
 	path = subprojects/libuv
 	url = https://github.com/urbit/libuv.git
+[submodule "subprojects/h2o"]
+	path = subprojects/libh2o
+	url = https://github.com/urbit/h2o.git
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b26e29332..eff66da1c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -302,9 +302,9 @@ urbitscrypt_dep = dependency('libscrypt', version: '>=0.1.21', fallback: ['libsc
 
 ed25519_dep = dependency('ed25519', version: '>=0.1.0', fallback: ['ed25519', 'ed25519_dep'])
 murmur3_dep = dependency('murmur3', version: '>=0.1.0', fallback: ['murmur3', 'murmur3_dep'])
-http_parser_dep = dependency('http-parser',  version: '0.1.0', fallback: ['http-parser-legacy', 'http_parser_dep'])
 softfloat3_dep = dependency('softfloat3', version: '>=3.0.0', fallback: ['softfloat3', 'softfloat3_dep'])
 libuv_dep = dependency('libuv', version: '>=1.8.0', fallback:['libuv', 'libuv_dep'])
+libh2o_dep = dependency('libh2o', version: '>=0.13.3', fallback: ['libh2o', 'libh2o_dep'])
 
 opt_flags = []
 if get_option('debug')
@@ -321,12 +321,12 @@ link_args: os_link_flags,
 dependencies: [openssl_dep,
                curl_dep,
                libuv_dep,
+               libh2o_dep,
                cmark_dep,
                gmp_dep,
                sigsegv_dep,
                urbitscrypt_dep,
                ed25519_dep,
                murmur3_dep,
-               http_parser_dep,
                softfloat3_dep] + os_deps,
 install: true)
diff --git a/subprojects/http-parser-legacy b/subprojects/http-parser-legacy
deleted file mode 160000
index 90d2cd1a9..000000000
--- a/subprojects/http-parser-legacy
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit 90d2cd1a9049a93c291b604fc3c9c4c84cf9bfe2
diff --git a/subprojects/libh2o b/subprojects/libh2o
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..fcf8df4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/libh2o
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fcf8df4af0c31477e05c55c380c4d7324311368d