diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45f96cbd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "libp2p/crypto/BearSSL"]
+	path = libp2p/crypto/BearSSL
+	url = https://www.bearssl.org/git/BearSSL
diff --git a/libp2p/crypto/BearSSL b/libp2p/crypto/BearSSL
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..c1bb5356b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libp2p/crypto/BearSSL
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c1bb5356bb52984178c269886b6835b532ef30c2
diff --git a/libp2p/crypto/common.nim b/libp2p/crypto/common.nim
index ffa8d4d09..145212223 100644
--- a/libp2p/crypto/common.nim
+++ b/libp2p/crypto/common.nim
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import strutils
-import hexdump
 from os import DirSep
 
 when defined(vcc):
@@ -7,7 +6,7 @@ when defined(vcc):
 
 const
   bearPath = currentSourcePath.rsplit(DirSep, 1)[0] & DirSep &
-             ".." & DirSep & "BearSSL" & DirSep
+             "BearSSL" & DirSep
   bearSrcPath = bearPath & "src"
   bearIncPath = bearPath & "inc"
   bearIntPath = bearSrcPath & DirSep & "int" & DirSep