diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fbcec5b46..e71ad5fad 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
+
 [submodule "external/unbound"]
 	path = external/unbound
 	url = https://github.com/monero-project/unbound
 	branch = monero
+[submodule "external/miniupnp"]
+	path = external/miniupnp
+	url = https://github.com/monero-project/miniupnp
+	branch = monero
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/external/miniupnp b/external/miniupnp
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..6a63f9954
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/miniupnp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 6a63f9954959119568fbc4af57d7b491b9428d87