diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 73f832b1d..765a430dd 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -19,3 +19,6 @@
 [submodule "tinygrad"]
   path = tinygrad_repo
   url = https://github.com/geohot/tinygrad.git
+[submodule "dp_priv"]
+	path = dp_priv
+	url = https://github.com/dragonpilot-community/dp_priv.git
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 1e9f2a6b5..62c8aa473 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -165,6 +165,10 @@ else:
   ccflags = []
   ldflags = []
 
+if len(os.listdir(Dir(f"#dp_priv/").abspath)) > 2:
+  cflags += ["-DDP"]
+  cxxflags += ["-DDP"]
+
 # no --as-needed on mac linker
 if arch != "Darwin":
   ldflags += ["-Wl,--as-needed", "-Wl,--no-undefined"]
diff --git a/openpilot/dp_priv b/openpilot/dp_priv
new file mode 120000
index 000000000..d50c67cb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openpilot/dp_priv
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../dp_priv/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
index 13b6998de..9d1ac05c0 100644
--- a/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
+++ b/selfdrive/ui/SConscript
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ import json
 Import('qt_env', 'arch', 'common', 'messaging', 'visionipc',
        'cereal', 'transformations')
 
+def insert_src(list, after_src, src):
+  return list[:list.index(after_src)+1] + src + list[list.index(after_src)+1:]
+
+dp_priv = len(os.listdir(Dir(f"#dp_priv/").abspath)) > 2
+
 base_libs = [common, messaging, cereal, visionipc, transformations, 'zmq',
              'capnp', 'kj', 'm', 'OpenCL', 'ssl', 'crypto', 'pthread'] + qt_env["LIBS"]