diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 77cd8e0..f799c74 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -130,3 +130,6 @@
 [submodule "hudbars"]
 	path = hudbars
 	url = https://repo.or.cz/minetest_hudbars.git
+[submodule "basic_materials"]
+	path = basic_materials
+	url = https://gitlab.com/VanessaE/basic_materials
diff --git a/basic_materials b/basic_materials
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..30ffac3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/basic_materials
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 30ffac3f129521f09da7707bf17f6c5e833f32bb