diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 92fdb9b5e..96b4ed028 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -307,3 +307,6 @@
 [submodule "src/external/libtrace"]
 	path = src/external/libtrace
 	url = ../darling-libtrace.git
+[submodule "src/external/rsync"]
+	path = src/external/rsync
+	url = ../darling-rsync.git
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5458b4dfb..3da0206d3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -319,6 +319,7 @@ add_subdirectory(external/mail_cmds)
 add_subdirectory(external/screen)
 add_subdirectory(unxip)
 add_subdirectory(external/zsh)
+add_subdirectory(external/rsync)
 add_subdirectory(external/doc_cmds)
 add_subdirectory(external/basic_cmds)
 add_subdirectory(external/misc_cmds)
diff --git a/src/external/rsync b/src/external/rsync
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..794ae91a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/external/rsync
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 794ae91a8b6ef9286c67e3e9f128a1336f3341e7