diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4810e25..69eba32 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nimbus-build-system"]
 	path = vendor/nimbus-build-system
 	url = https://github.com/status-im/nimbus-build-system.git
+[submodule "vendor/nwaku"]
+	path = vendor/nwaku
+	url = https://github.com/waku-org/nwaku.git
+	ignore = untracked
+	branch = master
diff --git a/vendor/nwaku b/vendor/nwaku
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..c075377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nwaku
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c07537705ead30938344dae58713808c337af56e