diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4b6f7f5c..bbaaa14d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -6,3 +6,7 @@
 	path = lib/xpp
 	url = https://github.com/polybar/xpp
 	branch = master
+[submodule "lib/dwmipcpp"]
+	path = lib/dwmipcpp
+	url = https://github.com/mihirlad55/dwmipcpp
+    branch = master
diff --git a/lib/dwmipcpp b/lib/dwmipcpp
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..2669b747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/dwmipcpp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2669b747dd3c2933694859fef118febaac5e03f2