diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 602e297..7e5c40e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -115,3 +115,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nim-ngtcp2"]
 	path = vendor/nim-ngtcp2
 	url = https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-ngtcp2.git
+[submodule "vendor/nim-datastore"]
+	path = vendor/nim-datastore
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-datastore.git
diff --git a/vendor/nim-datastore b/vendor/nim-datastore
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..5778e37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-datastore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5778e373fa97286f389e0aef61f1e8f30a934dab