diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 40c12c1fd..bbf8515c1 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -22,3 +22,7 @@
 	path = hermit/lwip
 	url = git@github.com:RWTH-OS/LwIP.git
 	branch = hermit
+[submodule "hermit/usr/libomp"]
+	path = hermit/usr/libomp
+	url = git@github.com:RWTH-OS/libomp_oss.git
+	branch = hermit
diff --git a/hermit/usr/libomp b/hermit/usr/libomp
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..df35011b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hermit/usr/libomp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit df35011b7945d712cd676f5766b89a6eddec5cd5