diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 05b2502..69172eb 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -130,3 +130,6 @@
 [submodule "meseportals"]
 	path = meseportals
 	url = https://notabug.org/Piezo_/minetest-meseportals
+[submodule "hudbars"]
+	path = hudbars
+	url = https://repo.or.cz/minetest_hudbars.git
diff --git a/hudbars b/hudbars
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..0684bac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hudbars
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 0684bac45b50c1d7f1c9524364adcc8e6e676a74