diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 57f9813a263053c4ed32fe58b8ca43cad7ba540f..764b021913480ddc5a4404a869f5f377e0069f88 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "libdap-chain-common"]
 	path = libdap-chain-common
 	url = https://gitlab.demlabs.net/cellframe/libdap-chain-common.git
+[submodule "libdap-crypto-python"]
+	path = libdap-crypto-python
+	url = https://gitlab.demlabs.net/cellframe/libdap-crypto-python.git
diff --git a/libdap-crypto-python b/libdap-crypto-python
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e0fef50bbe630c2835020fbebf3bcdfe064255a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdap-crypto-python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e0fef50bbe630c2835020fbebf3bcdfe064255a8