diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 4decce08..4fa77948 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -84,3 +84,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/magical_potion"]
 	path = mods/magical_potion
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/magical_potion
+[submodule "mods/playereffects"]
+	path = mods/playereffects
+	url = git://repo.or.cz/minetest_playereffects.git
diff --git a/mods/playereffects b/mods/playereffects
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..860358bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/playereffects
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 860358bcd1b30cbf5888588fe50d1b02dadbea43