diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 611d841..5954848 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/commonmarker/cmark-gfm"]
 	path = lib/commonmarker/cmark-gfm
 	url = https://github.com/github/cmark-gfm
+[submodule "lib/ipfs-http-client"]
+	path = lib/ipfs-http-client
+	url = https://github.com/vasild/cpp-ipfs-http-client.git
diff --git a/lib/ipfs-http-client b/lib/ipfs-http-client
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..b448b67
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/ipfs-http-client
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b448b678b8a7b572013e45ae1c01fb572fe9a0af