diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 39cf208412..aa9bb3d6d9 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -62,3 +62,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/open-amp"]
 	path = lib/open-amp
 	url = https://github.com/OpenAMP/open-amp.git
+[submodule "lib/libmetal"]
+	path = lib/libmetal
+	url = https://github.com/OpenAMP/libmetal.git
diff --git a/lib/libmetal b/lib/libmetal
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..0cb7d293a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/libmetal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0cb7d293a7f25394a06847a28d0f0ace9862936e