diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 460b3f6..3909b35 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ CMakeLists.txt.user.*
 docs/_build
 *.asv
 build/
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+src/wrapping/external/pybind11
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c74cad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "src/wrapping/external/pybind11"]
+	path = src/wrapping/external/pybind11
+	url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
diff --git a/src/wrapping/external/pybind11 b/src/wrapping/external/pybind11
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..c5dc6f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wrapping/external/pybind11
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c5dc6f9fb750fce54c9aa397bd6dbe3dc32985c1