diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c7713bd0..7f8cae2d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -102,3 +102,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/mobs_monster"]
 	path = mods/mobs_monster
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/mobs_monster
+[submodule "mods/ranks"]
+	path = mods/ranks
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/ranks
diff --git a/mods/ranks b/mods/ranks
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..53ee9002
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/ranks
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 53ee9002019640b844ed483149f6cde9a20f3b2c