diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1a0e6b94f1..df40848261 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "components/esptool_py/esptool"]
 	path = components/esptool_py/esptool
 	url = https://github.com/themadinventor/esptool.git
+[submodule "components/bt/lib"]
+	path = components/bt/lib
+	url = https://github.com/espressif/esp32-bt-lib.git
diff --git a/components/bt/lib b/components/bt/lib
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..3bee5393a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/bt/lib
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3bee5393a9dd84f53b7b28d5cb2479649f2cf838