diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ec11c44a5..70dca9521 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "packages/deploy/client"]
 	path = packages/deploy/client
 	url = https://github.com/certd/certd-client.git
+[submodule "packages/issuer/node-acme-client"]
+	path = packages/issuer/node-acme-client
+	url = https://github.com/certd/node-acme-client.git
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 169c6d1dd..3a2afe462 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "packages": [
-    "packages/*/*"
+    "packages/core/*",
+    "packages/plugins/*",
+    "packages/ui/*"
   ],
   "version": "0.1.20"
 }
diff --git a/packages/issuer/node-acme-client b/packages/issuer/node-acme-client
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..7003db012
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/issuer/node-acme-client
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 7003db0125e3098c8329886d4b36452990e58405