diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fae72b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "subprojects/gmobile"]
+	path = subprojects/gmobile
+	url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/guidog/gmobile.git
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7835999..3b63564 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,13 @@ gio_unix       = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: '>=2.50.0')
 glib           = dependency('glib-2.0', version: '>=2.50.0')
 if get_option('daemon')
   gobject        = dependency('gobject-2.0', version: '>=2.50.0')
+  gmobile_subp   = subproject('gmobile',
+                              default_options: [
+                                'examples=false',
+                                'gtk_doc=false',
+                                'tests=false',
+                              ])
+  gmobile        = gmobile_subp.get_variable('libgmobile_dep')
   gsound         = dependency('gsound')
   gudev          = dependency('gudev-1.0', version: '>=232')
   json_glib      = dependency('json-glib-1.0')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 918c73f..e85cca5 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ fbd_deps = [
   gio,
   gio_unix,
   glib,
+  gmobile,
   gobject,
   gsound,
   gudev,
diff --git a/subprojects/gmobile b/subprojects/gmobile
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..1039e78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/gmobile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1039e7808195d4de367ce2718481641ca8af2427