diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 75a68d2e94..d43833d108 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@
 [submodule "firmware/ChibiOS-Contrib"]
 	path = firmware/ChibiOS-Contrib
 	url = https://github.com/ChibiOS/ChibiOS-Contrib.git
+[submodule "unit_tests/googletest"]
+	path = unit_tests/googletest
+	url = https://github.com/google/googletest.git
+	branch = v1.8.x
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/unit_tests/googletest b/unit_tests/googletest
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..542e057c6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unit_tests/googletest
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 542e057c6c5bf45454b43764b881397b71164d62