diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3ad7a73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "share/thirdParty/bombela/backward-cpp"]
+	path = share/thirdParty/bombela/backward-cpp
+	url = https://github.com/bombela/backward-cpp.git
diff --git a/share/thirdParty/bombela/backward-cpp b/share/thirdParty/bombela/backward-cpp
index 65a769ff..51f07004 160000
--- a/share/thirdParty/bombela/backward-cpp
+++ b/share/thirdParty/bombela/backward-cpp
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 65a769ffe77cf9d759d801bc792ac56af8e911a3
+Subproject commit 51f0700452cf71c57d43c2d028277b24cde32502