diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index d8a8ab4d..9541cac7 100755
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -287,3 +287,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/christmas_craft"]
 	path = mods/christmas_craft
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/christmas_craft
+[submodule "mods/maptools"]
+	path = mods/maptools
+	url = https://github.com/calinou/maptools
diff --git a/mods/maptools b/mods/maptools
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..40f840dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/maptools
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 40f840dd33eb15e9d502ed2070f081c981286412