diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e6e5b2b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "dav4android"]
+	path = dav4android
+	url = https://gitlab.com/derSchabi/dav4android.git
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 46e813f9..bd256738 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -14,14 +14,13 @@ allprojects {
     repositories {
         google()
         jcenter()
-        maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
     }
 }
 
 dependencies {
     api 'org.apache.jackrabbit:jackrabbit-webdav:2.12.4'
     api 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:3.10.0'
-    api 'com.gitlab.derSchabi:dav4android:dev2'
+    api project(':dav4android')
 }
 
 android {
diff --git a/dav4android b/dav4android
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..c73ea80b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dav4android
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit c73ea80bcbd6fd75379f88f497668eb9412d5490
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 2ca75571..44a27a15 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 include ':'
 include ':sample_client'
 include ':test_client'
+include ':dav4android'
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