diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5ffea91938..e741ea9740 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -88,3 +88,6 @@
 [submodule "vendor/nim-base32"]
 	path = vendor/nim-base32
 	url = https://github.com/elktree/nim-base32
+[submodule "vendor/nim-status-go"]
+	path = vendor/nim-status-go
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-status-go.git
diff --git a/vendor/nim-status-go b/vendor/nim-status-go
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..bbdbe2a7eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor/nim-status-go
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bbdbe2a7ebb75bf228ddc553126caa96ec202f18