diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7bb22c99..c9c926f2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -121,3 +121,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nim-task-runner"]
 	path = vendor/nim-task-runner
 	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-task-runner.git
+[submodule "vendor/nim-http-utils"]
+	path = vendor/nim-http-utils
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-http-utils.git
diff --git a/vendor/nim-http-utils b/vendor/nim-http-utils
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..689da19e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-http-utils
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 689da19e9e9cfff4ced85e2b25c6b2b5598ed079