diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94d7ce1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "bindings/ios"]
+	path = bindings/ios
+	url = https://github.com/ggerganov/whisper.spm
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 295b55ad..9a509334 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ if(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR STREQUAL CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR)
     set(WHISPER_STANDALONE ON)
     include(cmake/GitVars.cmake)
     include(cmake/BuildTypes.cmake)
+
+    # configure project version
+    if (EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/ios/Makefile-tmpl")
+        configure_file(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/ios/Makefile-tmpl ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bindings/ios/Makefile @ONLY)
+    endif()
 else()
     set(WHISPER_STANDALONE OFF)
 endif()
diff --git a/bindings/ios b/bindings/ios
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..d5a7c79a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bindings/ios
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d5a7c79a98589387f1c55c33de9faa894e70713d