diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2c9dc6b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "cmake"]
+	path = cmake
+	url = git://git.nerdcruft.net/cmake
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index da255288..81849a8f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.7.0)
-project(util-cruft)
+project(util-cruft LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/cmake")
+include(nc)
 
 include(CheckFunctionExists)
 include(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
diff --git a/cmake b/cmake
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..1c5ded53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1c5ded53b31d695f01c4d1d666966336a855a53b