diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deb6818
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "dependecies/proxmox-backup"]
+	path = submodules/proxmox-backup
+	url = git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox-backup.git
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 88bdc52..dd3a738 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ proxmox-lang = "1"
 proxmox-schema = { version = "1", features = [ "api-macro" ] }
 proxmox-sys = { version = "0.4", features = [ "sortable-macro"] }
 
-pbs-api-types  = { git = "git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox-backup.git", rev = "f564ba0e4efe3641cd474d264e9b649fdfcfd22d" }
-pbs-client     = { git = "git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox-backup.git", rev = "f564ba0e4efe3641cd474d264e9b649fdfcfd22d" }
-pbs-datastore  = { git = "git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox-backup.git", rev = "f564ba0e4efe3641cd474d264e9b649fdfcfd22d" }
-pbs-key-config = { git = "git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox-backup.git", rev = "f564ba0e4efe3641cd474d264e9b649fdfcfd22d" }
-pbs-tools      = { git = "git://git.proxmox.com/git/proxmox-backup.git", rev = "f564ba0e4efe3641cd474d264e9b649fdfcfd22d" }
+pbs-api-types  = { path = "submodules/proxmox-backup/pbs-api-types" }
+pbs-client     = { path = "submodules/proxmox-backup/pbs-client" }
+pbs-datastore  = { path = "submodules/proxmox-backup/pbs-datastore" }
+pbs-key-config = { path = "submodules/proxmox-backup/pbs-key-config" }
+pbs-tools      = { path = "submodules/proxmox-backup/pbs-tools" }
 
 serde_json = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1.6", features = [ "fs", "io-util", "macros", "net", "rt-multi-thread", "signal", "time" ] }
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ec49421..be704a4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -30,13 +30,16 @@ build:
 	rm -rf build
 	cargo build --release
 	diff -I 'PROXMOX_BACKUP_QEMU_VERSION' -up current-api.h proxmox-backup-qemu.h
-	rsync -a debian Makefile Cargo.toml Cargo.lock build.rs proxmox-backup-qemu.h src target current-api.h build/
+	rsync -a debian submodules Makefile Cargo.toml Cargo.lock build.rs proxmox-backup-qemu.h src target current-api.h build/
 
 .PHONY: install
 install: target/release/libproxmox_backup_qemu.so
 	install -D -m 0755 target/release/libproxmox_backup_qemu.so $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib//libproxmox_backup_qemu.so.0
 	cd $(DESTDIR)/usr/lib/; ls *; ln -s libproxmox_backup_qemu.so.0 libproxmox_backup_qemu.so
 
+submodule:
+	[ -e submodules/proxmox-backup/Cargo.toml ] || git submodule update --init --recursive
+
 .PHONY: deb
 deb: $(OTHER_DEBS)
 $(OTHER_DEBS): $(MAIN_DEB)
diff --git a/submodules/proxmox-backup b/submodules/proxmox-backup
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..e5b6a0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/submodules/proxmox-backup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e5b6a0b38dd0da736292fb696f6c7d0ec2563c36