diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2ede715f49..ccaf1bfdae 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "magic"]
 	path = magic
 	url = git://git.bro.org/bromagic
+[submodule "src/3rdparty"]
+	path = src/3rdparty
+	url = git://git.bro-ids.org/bro-3rdparty
diff --git a/src/3rdparty b/src/3rdparty
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..12b5cb446c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/3rdparty
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 12b5cb446c8128bb22e5cbd7baa7d53669539487