diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fffa60ee..8f312a04 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -167,3 +167,11 @@
 	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-blscurve.git
 	ignore = untracked
 	branch = master
+[submodule "vendor/nim-taskpools.git"]
+	ignore = untracked
+	branch = master
+[submodule "vendor/nim-taskpools"]
+	path = vendor/nim-taskpools
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-taskpools.git
+	ignore = untracked
+	branch = master
diff --git a/vendor/nim-taskpools b/vendor/nim-taskpools
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..8d408ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-taskpools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8d408ac6cfc9c24ec8b7b65d5993e85050dcbaa9