diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b35d845..5ec429f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -46,3 +46,6 @@
 	url = https://github.com/logos-messaging/nim-ffi.git
 	ignore = untracked
 	branch = master
+[submodule "vendor/libchat"]
+	path = vendor/libchat
+	url = git@github.com:logos-messaging/libchat.git
diff --git a/vendor/libchat b/vendor/libchat
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..1e6a3ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/libchat
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1e6a3edd798cdaa353012a2165f25891c80f4cf4