diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1db47e542faf7afe16fd0db94bc273dd3f4364cc..f4a671349c424ab6d76f4631eeb21b064283c341 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -9,3 +9,7 @@
 	path = libdap-server-core-python
 	url = https://gitlab.demlabs.net/cellframe/libdap-server-core-python.git
         branch = features-2466
+[submodule "libdap-crypto-python"]
+	path = libdap-crypto-python
+	url = https://gitlab.demlabs.net/cellframe/libdap-crypto-python.git
+        branch = features-2466
diff --git a/libdap-crypto-python b/libdap-crypto-python
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d6b2f2cdd1d2635a76e6232d79f79efd0739fec6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdap-crypto-python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d6b2f2cdd1d2635a76e6232d79f79efd0739fec6