diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 92ee613..edd56c2 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "python"]
 	path = python
 	url = https://github.com/meshtastic/python.git
+
+[submodule "protobufs"]
+	path = python/protobufs
+	url = http://github.com/meshtastic/protobufs