diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 29690552d4..9220232ac3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -77,3 +77,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/CMSIS_5"]
 	path = lib/CMSIS_5
 	url = https://github.com/ARM-software/CMSIS_5.git
+[submodule "lib/CMSIS_6"]
+	path = lib/CMSIS_6
+	url = https://github.com/ARM-software/CMSIS_6.git
diff --git a/lib/CMSIS_6 b/lib/CMSIS_6
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..45dab712ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/CMSIS_6
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 45dab712ad84f8cbbf2b7bfc089c19088507df6f