diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 17a7a7a2..c1029caa 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -218,3 +218,6 @@
 [submodule "mods/loud_walking"]
 	path = mods/loud_walking
 	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/loud_walking
+[submodule "mods/playerskins"]
+	path = mods/playerskins
+	url = https://git.tchncs.de/Illuna-Minetest/playerskins
diff --git a/mods/playerskins b/mods/playerskins
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..1d8d9a2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mods/playerskins
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1d8d9a2db8d85ba0c18aa83f0e3ff40ac7ca9d52