diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 80d88aeb53f1ea0043f8cb6059a5032226e5b954..d1266e5b0fef9998ceca302403657426713e0b5d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -70,3 +70,6 @@
 [submodule "libdap-chain-common"]
 	path = libdap-chain-common
 	url = https://gitlab.demlabs.net/cellframe/libdap-chain-common.git
+[submodule "libdap-chain-common-python"]
+	path = libdap-chain-common-python
+	url = https://gitlab.demlabs.net/cellframe/libdap-chain-common-python.git
diff --git a/libdap-chain-common-python b/libdap-chain-common-python
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3ba70a530d9aa09ff13aa62d97b142ccccf1070d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdap-chain-common-python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3ba70a530d9aa09ff13aa62d97b142ccccf1070d