diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29..f7ef446 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
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+[submodule "submodules/pipedal_p2pd"]
+	path = submodules/pipedal_p2pd
+	url = https://github.com/rerdavies/pipedal_p2pd
diff --git a/submodules/pipedal_p2pd b/submodules/pipedal_p2pd
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..340c13d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/pipedal_p2pd
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 340c13d7a4c3b19eb49ad56e009976bc6ae78aa8