diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 639bc79..cdbfddd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "components/espp"]
 	path = components/espp
 	url = git@github.com:esp-cpp/espp
+[submodule "components/jpegdec"]
+	path = components/jpegdec
+	url = https://github.com/esp-cpp/jpegdec
diff --git a/components/jpegdec b/components/jpegdec
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..9ce05f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/jpegdec
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9ce05f474f5a712ccb277c27355325ca4fe5371a