diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2907fdec..ae1566aa 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -122,3 +122,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/scaffolding"]
 	path = mods/scaffolding
 	url = https://bitbucket.org/Infinatum/scaffolding
+[submodule "mods/playerskins"]
+	path = mods/playerskins
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/playerskins
diff --git a/mods/playerskins b/mods/playerskins
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..67e6d60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/playerskins
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 67e6d60af2805ee11f7beef5ae58bc12bd11bdc9