diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index be74275d..b3e28f5b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,9 @@
 [submodule "external/no-std-net"]
 	path = external/no-std-net
 	url = git@gitlab.hackers.town:veilid/no-std-net.git
+[submodule "external/libmdns"]
+	path = external/libmdns
+	url = git@gitlab.hackers.town:veilid/libmdns.git
+[submodule "external/mdns"]
+	path = external/mdns
+	url = git@gitlab.hackers.town:veilid/mdns.git
diff --git a/external/libmdns b/external/libmdns
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..93fbd6c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/libmdns
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 93fbd6c042415eb2587fdb941d11265ba04ada9c
diff --git a/external/mdns b/external/mdns
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..62db65e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/mdns
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 62db65e2e386f715b815be616b5c6a85b12c97a8