diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 1f6dfa8e..cdb08a87 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 [submodule "third_party/velodyne_simulator"]
 	path = third_party/velodyne_simulator
 	url = https://bitbucket.org/DataspeedInc/velodyne_simulator
+[submodule "third_party/velodyne"]
+	path = third_party/velodyne
+	url = https://github.com/ros-drivers/velodyne.git
diff --git a/third_party/velodyne b/third_party/velodyne
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..45636c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/third_party/velodyne
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 45636c9c55c51404c630ba2d01adc2aee066bdda