diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 0dc817b..6daa123 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -30,5 +30,3 @@ waku/store.sqlite3-shm
 waku/store.sqlite3-wal
 
 waku/test_repeated_start_stop.log
-
-third_party/
diff --git a/third_party/nwaku b/third_party/nwaku
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..5118fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/nwaku
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5118fc3f6dc587003240a31687a601534f9249d1