diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index f912afc..9ae186f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/threadx"]
 	path = lib/threadx
 	url = https://github.com/azure-rtos/threadx.git
+[submodule "lib/filex"]
+	path = lib/filex
+	url = https://github.com/azure-rtos/filex.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9cb484c..7992eae 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ set(TARGET_C_INCLUDES
 
 # Shared libraries linked with application
 set(TARGET_LIBS
+    "filex"
     "threadx"
     "c"
     "m"
@@ -167,6 +168,8 @@ set(THREADX_TOOLCHAIN "gnu" CACHE STRING "")
 set(TX_USER_FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/tx_user.h" CACHE STRING "")
 add_subdirectory(lib/threadx)
 
+add_subdirectory(lib/filex)
+
 # Shared sources, includes and definitions
 add_compile_definitions(${TARGET_C_DEFINES})
 include_directories(${TARGET_C_INCLUDES})
diff --git a/lib/filex b/lib/filex
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..9e3ad51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/filex
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9e3ad51f2b64ed05df50a211909eef536c0d06ec