diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 21accf31b..dfd9ee451 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "deps/depot_tools"]
 	path = deps/depot_tools
 	url = https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git
+[submodule "src/modules/keydb_modstatsd/cpp-statsd-client"]
+	path = src/modules/keydb_modstatsd/cpp-statsd-client
+	url = https://github.com/vthiery/cpp-statsd-client.git
diff --git a/src/modules/keydb_modstatsd/cpp-statsd-client b/src/modules/keydb_modstatsd/cpp-statsd-client
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..a06a5b935
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/modules/keydb_modstatsd/cpp-statsd-client
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a06a5b9359f31d946fe163b9038586982971ae49