diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ba2d5fb3..3349b19c 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -128,3 +128,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/mesecons"]
 	path = mods/mesecons
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/mesecons
+[submodule "mods/pipeworks"]
+	path = mods/pipeworks
+	url = https://github.com/minetest-mods/pipeworks/
diff --git a/mods/pipeworks b/mods/pipeworks
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..73e94e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/pipeworks
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 73e94e3c070555e3fcd3dd06c606c49480d4823c