diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 12b8f8fa..fe8b4519 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -67,3 +67,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdweb-core-2103-test/lib/contracts"]
 	path = thirdweb-core-2103-test/lib/contracts
 	url = https://github.com/thirdweb-dev/contracts
+[submodule "mev-searcher-pipeline-reference"]
+	path = mev-searcher-pipeline-reference
+	url = https://gitea.d-bis.org/d-bis/mev-searcher-pipeline-reference.git
diff --git a/mev-searcher-pipeline-reference b/mev-searcher-pipeline-reference
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..43227377
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mev-searcher-pipeline-reference
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 432273773ac46efa96cd6764726ebd5ead7bba92