diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 91a5bbe75..a79ee1f9c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -86,3 +86,6 @@
 	path = submodules/externals/zlib
 	url = git://git.linphone.org/zlib
 	ignore = dirty
+[submodule "submodules/externals/openh264"]
+	path = submodules/externals/openh264
+	url = https://github.com/cisco/openh264
diff --git a/submodules/externals/openh264 b/submodules/externals/openh264
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..2610ab183
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/externals/openh264
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2610ab183249aee91862d2ad065f61db89107b34