diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 2699d9ab..30c57342 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -242,3 +242,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/pipeworks"]
 	path = mods/pipeworks
 	url = https://gitlab.com/VanessaE/pipeworks
+[submodule "mods/basic_materials"]
+	path = mods/basic_materials
+	url = https://gitlab.com/VanessaE/basic_materials
diff --git a/mods/basic_materials b/mods/basic_materials
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..a5fdb721
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/basic_materials
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit a5fdb721c925552b54954388571878adbaa3f298