diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 6fc3c237..36be2b58 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -40,3 +40,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/darkage"]
 	path = mods/darkage
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/darkage.git
+[submodule "mods/hudbars"]
+	path = mods/hudbars
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/hudbars.git
diff --git a/mods/hudbars b/mods/hudbars
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..d2074e96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/hudbars
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d2074e966b9671f9cadec44f2e1b0390af124370