diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 744dfdb41..540fc6476 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@
 [submodule "ext/doctest"]
 	path = ext/doctest
 	url = https://github.com/doctest/doctest.git
+[submodule "ext/DHT"]
+	path = ext/DHT
+	url = git@gitup.uni-potsdam.de:mluebke/dht_ucx.git
diff --git a/ext/DHT b/ext/DHT
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..cdc7ebb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/DHT
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit cdc7ebb0e76ebe3dae2ff7c2cd6ae2c6a7394980