diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fec1472f8..643ec06a3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -166,3 +166,10 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nim-sqlite3-abi"]
 	path = vendor/nim-sqlite3-abi
 	url = https://github.com/arnetheduck/nim-sqlite3-abi.git
+  ignore = dirty
+	branch = master
+[submodule "vendor/nim-bearssl"]
+	path = vendor/nim-bearssl
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-bearssl
+	ignore = dirty
+	branch = master
diff --git a/vendor/nim-bearssl b/vendor/nim-bearssl
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..68c6d2730
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-bearssl
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 68c6d27304245c948526487b37e10951acf7dbc8