diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 22bcb9ea..7bb22c99 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -118,3 +118,6 @@
 	url = https://github.com/michaelsbradleyjr/nim-chronos.git
 	ignore = untracked
 	branch = master
+[submodule "vendor/nim-task-runner"]
+	path = vendor/nim-task-runner
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-task-runner.git
diff --git a/vendor/nim-task-runner b/vendor/nim-task-runner
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..0bc8b422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-task-runner
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0bc8b4220fe6fb903527010676cab19f30ef4df0