diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
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--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "nim-waku"]
+	path = nim-waku
+	url = https://github.com/status-im/nim-waku.git
diff --git a/nim-waku b/nim-waku
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..4ae1cd4737
--- /dev/null
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@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4ae1cd4737dacdd30f879eea199e0a89a9c1532e