diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index a022987ef..d2a18b868 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -26,3 +26,6 @@
 	path = extern/zipsigner
 	url = https://gitlab.com/fdroid/zipsigner.git
 	ignore = dirty
+[submodule "extern/nanohttpd"]
+	path = extern/nanohttpd
+	url = https://github.com/NanoHttpd/nanohttpd
diff --git a/extern/nanohttpd b/extern/nanohttpd
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..ab6feae73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/nanohttpd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ab6feae737b3038532d057e87fd83c58bad3b3cc