diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 855ea5ab2..6a92e8492 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
 	path = external/pybind11
 	url = https://github.com/pybind/pybind11
 	branch = stable
+[submodule "external/clang-format-hooks"]
+	path = external/clang-format-hooks
+	url = https://github.com/barisione/clang-format-hooks/
diff --git a/external/clang-format-hooks b/external/clang-format-hooks
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..ac35e705e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/external/clang-format-hooks
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit ac35e705ebf20187b7ff92c29d1411f6a4c8d522