diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f6b2614ff9efc2cf19e2d79c8cd0c2495d20aee2..0f2cd4014d9852ec8a26c1e8bebd39de8e2fd36c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,3 +22,6 @@
 	path = rtl_primitives_tech
 	url = https://git.soton.ac.uk/soclabs/rtl_primitives_tech.git
 	branch = main
+[submodule "secworks-aes"]
+	path = secworks-aes
+	url = https://github.com/secworks/aes.git
diff --git a/secworks-aes b/secworks-aes
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b9a3f1965b4e0568f0ca9b2d575ce6ea6fec2f36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/secworks-aes
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit b9a3f1965b4e0568f0ca9b2d575ce6ea6fec2f36