diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1c2d62d043..6508eebf8c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -56,3 +56,6 @@
 	path = 3rdparty/FAudio
 	url = https://github.com/FNA-XNA/FAudio.git
 	ignore = dirty
+[submodule "3rdparty/span"]
+	path = 3rdparty/span
+	url = https://github.com/tcbrindle/span
diff --git a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
index 6dfd7d21a1..1203764c79 100644
--- a/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/3rdparty/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -209,6 +209,11 @@ add_library(3rdparty_gsl INTERFACE)
 target_include_directories(3rdparty_gsl INTERFACE GSL/include)
 
 
+# span
+add_library(3rdparty_span INTERFACE)
+target_include_directories(3rdparty_span INTERFACE span/include)
+
+
 # stblib
 add_library(3rdparty_stblib INTERFACE)
 target_include_directories(3rdparty_stblib INTERFACE stblib)
@@ -425,6 +430,7 @@ add_library(3rdparty::libpng ALIAS ${LIBPNG_TARGET})
 add_library(3rdparty::cereal ALIAS 3rdparty_cereal)
 add_library(3rdparty::opengl ALIAS 3rdparty_opengl)
 add_library(3rdparty::gsl ALIAS 3rdparty_gsl)
+add_library(3rdparty::span ALIAS 3rdparty_span)
 add_library(3rdparty::stblib ALIAS 3rdparty_stblib)
 add_library(3rdparty::discord-rpc ALIAS 3rdparty_discord-rpc)
 add_library(3rdparty::alsa ALIAS ${ALSA_TARGET})
diff --git a/3rdparty/span b/3rdparty/span
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..9d7559aabd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/span
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9d7559aabdebf569cab3480a7ea2a87948c0ae47
diff --git a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
index b9910349e9..c0b8857ddd 100644
--- a/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/rpcs3/Emu/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ target_include_directories(rpcs3_emu PUBLIC "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
 target_link_libraries(rpcs3_emu
 	PUBLIC
 		3rdparty::pugixml
-		3rdparty::gsl)
+		3rdparty::gsl
+		3rdparty::span)
 
 if (MSVC)
 	set_source_files_properties("../../Utilities/JIT.cpp" PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS /GR-)
@@ -412,7 +413,7 @@ target_link_libraries(rpcs3_emu
 		3rdparty::vulkan 3rdparty::glew
 		3rdparty::libusb
 	PRIVATE
-		3rdparty::gsl 3rdparty::xxhash
+		3rdparty::gsl 3rdparty::span 3rdparty::xxhash
 )