diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4f311509..53e4b54d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -68,3 +68,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/boats"]
 	path = mods/boats
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/boats
+[submodule "mods/technic_chests"]
+	path = mods/technic_chests
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/technic_chests
diff --git a/mods/technic_chests b/mods/technic_chests
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..5c6baef9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/technic_chests
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5c6baef96f7d9cb79ccc6c10b670bf0078d93d55