diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index ab590a7..d92463e 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "roles/networkmanager/files/nmtrust"]
 	path = roles/networkmanager/files/nmtrust
 	url = https://github.com/pigmonkey/nmtrust.git
+[submodule "roles/backup/files/backitup"]
+	path = roles/backup/files/backitup
+	url = https://github.com/pigmonkey/backitup
diff --git a/roles/backup/files/backitup b/roles/backup/files/backitup
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..25d6951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/backup/files/backitup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 25d6951076c9619dc06b1a1d8716c39a393c6b02