diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5ed2bfe..02f3d05 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -64,3 +64,6 @@
 [submodule "components/sunset"]
 	path = components/sunset
 	url = ../sunset.git
+[submodule "esp-protocols"]
+	path = esp-protocols
+	url = ../../0xFEEDC0DE64/esp-protocols.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 474dfec..8d5880a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@ include($ENV{IDF_PATH}/tools/cmake/project.cmake)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
 
+set(EXTRA_COMPONENT_DIRS
+    esp-protocols/components
+)
+
 project(${BOBBY_APP_NAME})
 
 set(expected_build_folder "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build")
diff --git a/esp-protocols b/esp-protocols
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..6f8ac6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/esp-protocols
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6f8ac6c98d6f5fe4c2e6d4b181a8e88f3b45843b