diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 5a41ac6fa..9c8b34ee3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "build-scripts"]
 	path = build-system/taler-build-scripts
 	url = git://taler.net/build-common
+[submodule "vendor"]
+	path = vendor
+	url = https://git.taler.net/node-vendor.git
diff --git a/build-system/taler-build-scripts b/build-system/taler-build-scripts
index c76fb9b3a..38c168b11 160000
--- a/build-system/taler-build-scripts
+++ b/build-system/taler-build-scripts
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit c76fb9b3af6ec43f2d2a83e6b4f523dcc5ac6a54
+Subproject commit 38c168b11eeeab93562ffa74b3e2aff4b596c77a
diff --git a/vendor b/vendor
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..f26125e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vendor
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f26125e039143b92dc0d84e7775f508ab0cdcaa8