diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8b13789..6702a5b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
 
+[submodule "lib/btp-chaincode-lifecycle"]
+	path = lib/btp-chaincode-lifecycle
+	url = https://github.com/settlemint/btp-chaincode-lifecycle.git
diff --git a/lib/btp-chaincode-lifecycle b/lib/btp-chaincode-lifecycle
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..2860e14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/btp-chaincode-lifecycle
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2860e14b3d5d3a361a53269ebba6a6ee2b684946