diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c986704ca..216a3b909 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -18,3 +18,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/nrfx"]
 	path = lib/nrfx
 	url = https://github.com/NordicSemiconductor/nrfx.git
+[submodule "lib/mbedtls"]
+	path = lib/mbedtls
+	url = https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls.git
diff --git a/lib/mbedtls b/lib/mbedtls
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..3f8d78411
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/mbedtls
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3f8d78411a26e833db18d9fbde0e2f0baeda87f0