diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3f2b754488..a5ceb5047e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -566,3 +566,7 @@
 	path = libs/safe_numerics
 	url = ../safe_numerics.git
 	fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand
+[submodule "parameter_python"]
+	path = libs/parameter_python
+	url = ../parameter_python.git
+	fetchRecurseSubmodules = on-demand
diff --git a/libs/parameter_python b/libs/parameter_python
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..2161ba7c24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/parameter_python
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2161ba7c24bd224e0886d0bb7424f7f783f7d773