diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3f080e1e..981dfa05 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -200,3 +200,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/handle_schematics"]
 	path = mods/handle_schematics
 	url = https://github.com/Sokomine/handle_schematics
+[submodule "mods/unified_inventory"]
+	path = mods/unified_inventory
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/unified_inventory
diff --git a/mods/unified_inventory b/mods/unified_inventory
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..fc36b3ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/unified_inventory
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit fc36b3ff3bc842d8a07dd9e6d98c83413a7766a3