diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 121c1197..fdb72689 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -308,5 +308,12 @@
 	recommends = qtdeclarative qtmultimedia
 	path = qtspeech
 	url = ../qtspeech
-	branch = dev
-	status = ignore
+	branch = 5.8
+	status = preview
+[submodule "qtnetworkauth"]
+	depends = qtbase
+	recommends = qtwebview
+	path = qtnetworkauth
+	url = ../qtnetworkauth
+	branch = 5.8
+	status = preview
diff --git a/qtnetworkauth b/qtnetworkauth
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..fba638b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qtnetworkauth
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fba638b478e3a37e1287aa088f3aa922070c49d9