diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 79324fa..af0827a 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "crosstool-ng"]
 	path = crosstool-ng
 	url = https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/crosstool-ng.git
+[submodule "binutils"]
+	path = binutils
+	url = https://github.com/zephyrproject-rtos/binutils-gdb.git
diff --git a/binutils b/binutils
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..c7d30a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/binutils
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c7d30a54fc17c1e9d9b1c39c7623222442c63af8