diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index bc4a6eb053..8b44384202 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -51,3 +51,6 @@
 	url = ../qc_blobs.git
 	update = none
 	ignore = dirty
+[submodule "3rdparty/intel-sec-tools"]
+	path = 3rdparty/intel-sec-tools
+	url = ../9esec-security-tooling.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/intel-sec-tools b/3rdparty/intel-sec-tools
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..a86ff5d400
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/intel-sec-tools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a86ff5d400983d685d4389c07433452c7a503300