diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 806150b1..4a7b524b 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -97,3 +97,6 @@
 [submodule "vim/.vim/bundle/vim-pandoc-syntax"]
 	path = vim/.vim/bundle/vim-pandoc-syntax
 	url = git@github.com:vim-pandoc/vim-pandoc-syntax.git
+[submodule "src/powerline"]
+	path = src/powerline
+	url = git@github.com:Lokaltog/powerline.git
diff --git a/src/powerline b/src/powerline
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..5f7fbda2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/powerline
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 5f7fbda29ada28fd38cc910998509deae81bc380