diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e0b6cdd46..b67abcb14 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -2,3 +2,7 @@
     path = pycmake
     url = git://github.com/Statoil/pycmake.git
     branch = 21f1eb9
+[submodule "pybind11"]
+	path = pybind11
+	url = git://github.com/pybind/pybind11.git
+	branch = add56ccdcac23a6c522a2c1174a866e293c61dab
diff --git a/pybind11 b/pybind11
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..add56ccdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pybind11
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit add56ccdcac23a6c522a2c1174a866e293c61dab