diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8b13789..5159ffb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1 +1,5 @@
 
+[submodule "resources/vendor/rln-contract"]
+	path = resources/vendor/rln-contract
+	url = https://github.com/Rate-Limiting-Nullifier/rln-contract
+	branch = placeholders
diff --git a/resources/vendor/rln-contract b/resources/vendor/rln-contract
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..a0088ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/vendor/rln-contract
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a0088ba1acac9e7d9ed7af97ec1bf41cbbe5ba39