diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4a69cd132..273a118bb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "gir-files"]
 	path = gir-files
 	url = https://github.com/gtk-rs/gir-files
+[submodule "gst-gir-files"]
+	path = gst-gir-files
+	url = https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/gstreamer/gir-files-rs.git
diff --git a/gst-gir-files b/gst-gir-files
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..208138af3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gst-gir-files
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 208138af3c0d40874a2990394ef92b9402c5d221