diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391..419cb86f4dad3c8258ba8e6f96fc8c0489b93068 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "git-tutorial-submodule"]
+	path = git-tutorial-submodule
+	url = https://gitlab-beta.engr.illinois.edu/arn2/git-tutorial-submodule
diff --git a/git-tutorial-submodule b/git-tutorial-submodule
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..bab00d828873d96bd237d9b96426f7b9a99b1393
--- /dev/null
+++ b/git-tutorial-submodule
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit bab00d828873d96bd237d9b96426f7b9a99b1393