diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index fd27987533..8d3134dd01 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -55,3 +55,6 @@
 [submodule "thirdparty/udpcap"]
 	path = thirdparty/udpcap/udpcap
 	url = https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/udpcap.git
+[submodule "thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp"]
+	path = thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp
+	url = https://github.com/eclipse-ecal/ecaludp
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0c42672281..43cb4748b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@ option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TCP_PUBSUB        "Build tcp_pubsub library with eC
 option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR         "Build termcolor with eCAL"                                         ON)
 option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2          "Build tinyxml2 with eCAL"                                          ON)
 option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP            "Build udpcap library with eCAL"                                   OFF)
+option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ECALUDP           "Build the builtin ecaludp library from the submodule"              ON)
 
 if(WIN32)
   option(ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_PROTOBUF        "Build protobuf with eCAL"                                          ON)
@@ -234,7 +235,8 @@ set(possible_subprojects
   tinyxml2
   udpcap
   yaml-cpp
-  #zlib zlibstatic  
+  #zlib zlibstatic
+  ecaludp
 )
 
 # We should rename the option, but don't know how to do in in a
@@ -588,6 +590,7 @@ message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TERMCOLOR                : ${ECAL_THIRDPAR
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_TINYXML2}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP                   : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_UDPCAP}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP                 : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_YAML-CPP}")
+message(STATUS "ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ECALUDP                  : ${ECAL_THIRDPARTY_BUILD_ECALUDP}")
 message(STATUS "ECAL_LINK_HDF5_SHARED                          : ${ECAL_LINK_HDF5_SHARED}")
 message(STATUS "CPACK_PACK_WITH_INNOSETUP                      : ${CPACK_PACK_WITH_INNOSETUP}")
 message(STATUS "--------------------------------------------------------------------------------")
diff --git a/thirdparty/asio/build-asio.cmake b/thirdparty/asio/build-asio.cmake
index 713ba1c4f1..14150616a7 100644
--- a/thirdparty/asio/build-asio.cmake
+++ b/thirdparty/asio/build-asio.cmake
@@ -1,7 +1,24 @@
-add_library(asio INTERFACE)
-target_include_directories(asio INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/asio/asio/include)
+add_library(asio INTERFACE EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+target_include_directories(asio INTERFACE 
+  $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/asio/asio/include>
+)
 target_compile_definitions(asio INTERFACE ASIO_STANDALONE)
 
 add_library(asio::asio ALIAS asio)
 
-list(PREPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/Modules)
\ No newline at end of file
+list(PREPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/Modules)
+
+# We don't want to install asio. However we need to have the commands
+# Otherwise CMake will not be happy
+install(
+  TARGETS asio
+  EXPORT asioTargets
+)
+
+install(
+  EXPORT asioTargets 
+  FILE asioTargets.cmake 
+  DESTINATION lib/CMake
+  NAMESPACE asio::
+  COMPONENT asio_dev
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/thirdparty/ecaludp/Modules/Findecaludp.cmake b/thirdparty/ecaludp/Modules/Findecaludp.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92ce04b154
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/ecaludp/Modules/Findecaludp.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+set(ecaludp_FOUND TRUE)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/thirdparty/ecaludp/build-ecaludp.cmake b/thirdparty/ecaludp/build-ecaludp.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..041ead0ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/ecaludp/build-ecaludp.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+set(ECALUDP_ENABLE_NPCAP        ${ECAL_CORE_NPCAP_SUPPORT})
+set(ECALUDP_BUILD_SAMPLES       OFF)
+set(ECALUDP_BUILD_TESTS         OFF)
+set(ECALUDP_USE_BUILTIN_ASIO    OFF)
+set(ECALUDP_USE_BUILTIN_RECYCLE OFF)
+set(ECALUDP_USE_BUILTIN_UDPCAP  OFF)
+set(ECALUDP_LIBRARY_TYPE        STATIC)
+
+# Add ecaludp library from subdirectory
+add_subdirectory(thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+
+# move the ecaludp target to a subdirectory in the IDE
+set_property(TARGET ecaludp PROPERTY FOLDER lib/ecaludp)
+
+list(PREPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/Modules)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp b/thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000..13f5ba7121
--- /dev/null
+++ b/thirdparty/ecaludp/ecaludp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 13f5ba7121a5c904b5ec4120c7ef7a3a109f9bc7