diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5990f2df81..b8f28cd500 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -12,3 +12,6 @@
 [submodule "arm-trusted-firmware"]
 	path = 3rdparty/arm-trusted-firmware
 	url = ../arm-trusted-firmware.git
+[submodule "3rdparty/chrome-ec"]
+	path = 3rdparty/chromeec
+	url = ../chrome-ec.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/chromeec b/3rdparty/chromeec
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..bc404c94b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/chromeec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bc404c94b4ab1e6a62e607fd7ef034aa31d6388e