diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2c655cb36da..4c6d8a819f8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -27,3 +27,6 @@
 [submodule "subprojects/MLPCpp"]
 	path = subprojects/MLPCpp
 	url = https://github.com/EvertBunschoten/MLPCpp.git
+[submodule "externals/FADO"]
+	path = externals/FADO
+	url = https://github.com/pcarruscag/FADO.git
diff --git a/SU2_PY/meson.build b/SU2_PY/meson.build
index 85ae325f3f0..ced81290346 100644
--- a/SU2_PY/meson.build
+++ b/SU2_PY/meson.build
@@ -70,3 +70,5 @@ install_data(['FSI_tools/__init__.py',
 install_data(['SU2_Nastran/__init__.py',
               'SU2_Nastran/pysu2_nastran.py'],
         install_dir: join_paths(get_option('bindir'), 'SU2_Nastran'))
+
+install_subdir(['../externals/FADO'], install_dir: get_option('bindir'))
diff --git a/externals/FADO b/externals/FADO
new file mode 160000
index 00000000000..de318644e81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/externals/FADO
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit de318644e81037cfd20af3e12c51bf14dcdf77ba