diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2a6b3a60..efe6de1d 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -131,3 +131,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/bakedclay"]
 	path = mods/bakedclay
 	url = https://github.com/tenplus1/bakedclay
+[submodule "mods/mods/illuna_ethereal"]
+	path = mods/mods/illuna_ethereal
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/illuna_ethereal
diff --git a/mods/mods/illuna_ethereal b/mods/mods/illuna_ethereal
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..14fcf5d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/mods/illuna_ethereal
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 14fcf5d9d6840d6ba411e61907ea3a855f263ca7