diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6a77d3e..2832c4b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -5,3 +5,4 @@ packets.db
 /table_details.py
 config.ini
 screenshots/*
+python/nanopb
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..92ee613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "python"]
+	path = python
+	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/python.git
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 98da562..5f88c7f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -65,10 +65,15 @@ Clone the repo from GitHub:
 git clone https://github.com/pablorevilla-meshtastic/meshview.git
 ```
 
-Create a Python virtual environment:
-
 ```bash
 cd meshview
+git submodule update --init
+ln -s ../python/meshtastic/protobuf meshtastic/protobuf
+```
+Create a Python virtual environment:
+
+from the meshview directory...
+```bash
 python3 -m venv env
 ```
 
diff --git a/python b/python
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d53ced2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d53ced216c429ee88b3324b24cbc0c2b83069f84