diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d45bdc030..8dc3f7097 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -51,4 +51,3 @@ public/assets/generated/
 public/assets/langs/*
 android/
 dist-full/
-android/
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..654f78fcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "android"]
+	path = android
+	url = git@github.com:MapComplete/android.git
diff --git a/android b/android
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..3a28ccb4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/android
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 3a28ccb4fb779c5f318563eaa708639aeebddc5e