diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index cf32923a47..7d40675cc8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
 [submodule "util/nvidia-cbootimage"]
 	path = util/nvidia/cbootimage
 	url = ../nvidia-cbootimage.git
+[submodule "vboot"]
+	path = 3rdparty/vboot
+	url = ../vboot.git
diff --git a/3rdparty/vboot b/3rdparty/vboot
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..7dd3bd0fcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/vboot
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7dd3bd0fcf565901aacc512cd29cefe19291c2e7
diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/Makefile.inc b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/Makefile.inc
index 33cdb26674..7c41ec8019 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/Makefile.inc
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/Makefile.inc
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ else
 CFLAGS_common += -DMOCK_TPM=0
 endif
 
-VB_SOURCE := vboot_reference
+VB_SOURCE := 3rdparty/vboot
 subdirs-$(CONFIG_VBOOT_VERIFY_FIRMWARE) += vboot2
 CPPFLAGS_common += -I$(VB_SOURCE)/firmware/include