diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7a47489..6a01274 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "meshtastic-python"]
 	path = meshtastic-python
 	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/python.git
+[submodule "meshtastic-python/nanopb"]
+    path = meshtastic-python/nanopb
+    url = https://github.com/nanopb/nanopb.git