diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 164d2ce98..12672aae1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -57,3 +57,7 @@
 [submodule "components/mqtt/esp-mqtt"]
 	path = components/mqtt/esp-mqtt
 	url = https://github.com/espressif/esp-mqtt.git
+
+[submodule "components/protobuf-c/protobuf-c"]
+	path = components/protobuf-c/protobuf-c
+	url = https://github.com/protobuf-c/protobuf-c
diff --git a/components/protobuf-c/CMakeLists.txt b/components/protobuf-c/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c9a3ffc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/protobuf-c/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+set(COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS protobuf-c)
+set(COMPONENT_SRCS "protobuf-c/protobuf-c/protobuf-c.c")
+
+register_component()
diff --git a/components/protobuf-c/component.mk b/components/protobuf-c/component.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8c4900ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/protobuf-c/component.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#
+# Component Makefile
+#
+COMPONENT_ADD_INCLUDEDIRS := protobuf-c
+
+COMPONENT_SRCDIRS := protobuf-c/protobuf-c
+
+COMPONENT_SUBMODULES += protobuf-c
diff --git a/components/protobuf-c/protobuf-c b/components/protobuf-c/protobuf-c
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..dac1a65fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/protobuf-c/protobuf-c
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit dac1a65feac4ad72f612aab99f487056fbcf5c1a
diff --git a/tools/ci/mirror-list.txt b/tools/ci/mirror-list.txt
index 621a03b4c..b015e61cb 100644
--- a/tools/ci/mirror-list.txt
+++ b/tools/ci/mirror-list.txt
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ components/lwip/lwip                                @GENERAL_MIRROR_SERVER@/idf/
 third-party/mruby                                   @GENERAL_MIRROR_SERVER@/idf/mruby.git                           ALLOW_TO_SYNC_FROM_PUBLIC
 third-party/neverbleed                              @GENERAL_MIRROR_SERVER@/idf/neverbleed.git                      ALLOW_TO_SYNC_FROM_PUBLIC
 components/mqtt/esp-mqtt                            @GENERAL_MIRROR_SERVER@/idf/esp-mqtt.git                        ALLOW_TO_SYNC_FROM_PUBLIC
+components/protobuf-c/protobuf-c                    @GENERAL_MIRROR_SERVER@/idf/protobuf-c.git                      ALLOW_TO_SYNC_FROM_PUBLIC