diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 17349a6d9fccab2e24a318bebbf15be9e6700fce..6f11f46f647943c53a4ba242fef16cbb15caa625 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -25,3 +25,6 @@
 [submodule "client-qt"]
 	path = client-qt
 	url = https://review.jami.net/jami-client-qt
+[submodule "jami-plugins"]
+	path = jami-plugins
+	url = ../jami-plugins
diff --git a/jami-plugins b/jami-plugins
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..27ad30868a337d6e615a649f236cd393db160c0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jami-plugins
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 27ad30868a337d6e615a649f236cd393db160c0a