diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ee97f64..30cbd38 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/inkstitch"]
 	path = lib/inkstitch
 	url = https://github.com/inkstitch/inkstitch.git
+[submodule "lib/embroidermodder"]
+	path = lib/embroidermodder
+	url = https://github.com/Embroidermodder/Embroidermodder.git
diff --git a/lib/embroidermodder b/lib/embroidermodder
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..537c9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/embroidermodder
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 537c9ddd710b8aaab02be634951f3d8e700d5155