diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 16d42be3..d3f74403 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 	url = https://github.com/tenplus1/protector
 [submodule "mods/irc"]
 	path = mods/irc
-	url = https://github.com/minetest-mods/irc
+	url = https://github.com/kaeza/minetest-irc/
 [submodule "mods/ethereal"]
 	path = mods/ethereal
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/ethereal
diff --git a/mods/irc b/mods/irc
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..070eb512
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/irc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 070eb512364ca2d9321c1397619320e15a8a8e74