diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e9806a99..74e7ca27 100755
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -311,3 +311,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/hbhunger"]
 	path = mods/hbhunger
 	url = https://repo.or.cz/minetest_hbhunger.git
+[submodule "mods/playeranim"]
+	path = mods/playeranim
+	url = https://github.com/minetest-mods/playeranim
diff --git a/mods/playeranim b/mods/playeranim
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..9dab03f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/playeranim
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9dab03f544cd97e022423df605695e48326bb660