diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d7a14511..281ee599 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
 	path = librfxcodec
 	url = https://github.com/neutrinolabs/librfxcodec.git
 
+[submodule "libpainter"]
+	path = libpainter
+	url = https://github.com/neutrinolabs/libpainter.git
+	branch = devel
diff --git a/libpainter b/libpainter
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..eb38a0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libpainter
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit eb38a0df514432afa8b8a75776bd6a135c0379e0