diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7f630b214..89272c522 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@
 [submodule "external/cecil"]
 	path = external/cecil
 	url = https://github.com/mono/cecil.git
+	branch = mono-2017-02
diff --git a/external/cecil b/external/cecil
index d4bc3e722..0d05ab1d6 160000
--- a/external/cecil
+++ b/external/cecil
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit d4bc3e72257a4411afc4707d5034208a296ae56b
+Subproject commit 0d05ab1d67e31ea14645eb4aa7d38278ccf9cd9a