diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 78e2c880f6..e18f0dc4c1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -29,3 +29,8 @@
 [submodule "opensbi"]
 	path = 3rdparty/opensbi
 	url = ../opensbi.git
+[submodule "intel-microcode"]
+	path = 3rdparty/intel-microcode
+	url = ../intel-microcode.git
+	update = none
+	ignore = dirty
diff --git a/3rdparty/intel-microcode b/3rdparty/intel-microcode
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..1dd14da6d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/intel-microcode
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1dd14da6d1ea5cfbd95923653f31c04aac3aa655