diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ef820d4039a54bf590e5c675c97a718b0681dc6e..295ed3b37fc8ff4b3674422af3b799f3041f45ed 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,6 @@
 	path = docker-compose/tango-prometheus-exporter/ska-tango-grafana-exporter
 	url = https://git.astron.nl/lofar2.0/ska-tango-grafana-exporter.git
 	branch = station-control
+[submodule "tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/libhdbpp-python"]
+	path = tangostationcontrol/tangostationcontrol/toolkit/libhdbpp-python
+	url = https://gitlab.com/tango-controls/hdbpp/libhdbpp-python