diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 7ea1c1a..4e68753 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -196,3 +196,6 @@
 [submodule "illuna_aestival/elevator"]
 	path = elevator
 	url = https://github.com/shacknetisp/elevator
+[submodule "areas"]
+	path = areas
+	url = https://github.com/minetest-mods/areas
diff --git a/areas b/areas
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..4018c0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/areas
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4018c0d20450a106b3bda6627894b130595a7cd6