diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2b8696fd..3ef1bc93 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [submodule "external/gt4py"]
 	path = external/gt4py
 	url = https://github.com/GridTools/gt4py.git
+[submodule "external/dace"]
+	path = external/dace
+	url = https://github.com/FlorianDeconinck/dace.git
+	branch = fix/gcc_dies_on_dacecpu
diff --git a/external/dace b/external/dace
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..22982afe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/dace
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 22982afe133bccd906d5eeee448092f5f065ff6a