diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 396b8daef..7d486fecb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -146,3 +146,8 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nim-sqlite3-abi"]
 	path = vendor/nim-sqlite3-abi
 	url = https://github.com/arnetheduck/nim-sqlite3-abi.git
+[submodule "vendor/nim-testutils"]
+	path = vendor/nim-testutils
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-testutils.git
+	ignore = dirty
+	branch = master
diff --git a/vendor/nim-testutils b/vendor/nim-testutils
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..481186aa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-testutils
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 481186aa761859a35ceefc1af17c73c5a6bb595f