diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7fc80e81b45a124e7019994608543d1e37ad917d..dc67f8b56c81862b90a8a36e96d23b4160d42585 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "libs/thirdParty/tiny-AES128-C"]
 	path = libs/thirdParty/tiny-AES128-C
 	url = https://github.com/bkueng/tiny-AES128-C.git
+[submodule "libs/thirdParty/qmqtt"]
+	path = libs/thirdParty/qmqtt
+	url = https://github.com/emqtt/qmqtt.git
diff --git a/libs/thirdParty/qmqtt b/libs/thirdParty/qmqtt
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2e5c64ed4ab1771f8d9c9e508672f1468803a112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/thirdParty/qmqtt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2e5c64ed4ab1771f8d9c9e508672f1468803a112
diff --git a/qgroundcontrol.pro b/qgroundcontrol.pro
index 159795d4ed73f7a13bdceba816bcc8b859115daa..ac9ee5c42b2719db6b54a69773ee78fdef4fa5b5 100644
--- a/qgroundcontrol.pro
+++ b/qgroundcontrol.pro
@@ -131,6 +131,10 @@ WindowsBuild {
     QMAKE_TARGET_PRODUCT        = "$${QGC_APP_NAME}"
 }
 
+include($$PWD/libs/thirdParty/qmqtt/src/mqtt/mqtt.pri)
+HEADERS += $$PUBLIC_HEADERS $$PRIVATE_HEADERS
+
+
 #
 # Plugin configuration
 #