diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 956362d4b..fc75dde7f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@
 [submodule "OpenKeychain-Test/src/test/resources/extern/OpenPGP-Haskell"]
 	path = OpenKeychain-Test/src/test/resources/extern/OpenPGP-Haskell
 	url = https://github.com/singpolyma/OpenPGP-Haskell.git
+[submodule "extern/openpgp-card-nfc-lib"]
+	path = extern/openpgp-card-nfc-lib
+	url = https://github.com/open-keychain/openpgp-card-nfc-lib.git
diff --git a/extern/openpgp-card-nfc-lib b/extern/openpgp-card-nfc-lib
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..e2744ec39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/openpgp-card-nfc-lib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e2744ec39112a0eff3a3468b3fc354985a450198