diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c26f92e80c..9cba0ec5ef 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc"]
 	path = components/micro-ecc/micro-ecc
 	url = https://github.com/kmackay/micro-ecc.git
+[submodule "components/coap/libcoap"]
+	path = components/coap/libcoap
+	url = https://github.com/obgm/libcoap.git
diff --git a/components/coap/libcoap b/components/coap/libcoap
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..6468887a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/coap/libcoap
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6468887a12666f88b8704d797fc176cd4f40ee4c