diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5cc2bfab..32b5ad87 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -231,3 +231,8 @@
 	url = https://github.com/vacp2p/nim-ngtcp2.git
 	ignore = untracked
 	branch = master
+[submodule "vendor/nim-groth16"]
+	path = vendor/nim-groth16
+	url = https://github.com/codex-storage/nim-groth16.git
+	ignore = untracked
+	branch = master
diff --git a/vendor/nim-groth16 b/vendor/nim-groth16
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..907ae6ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-groth16
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 907ae6ed72fc102c22e00bb7d1f4550a2b2c479d