diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 222a1c7a914d8c13d6a84d8ea77f470e9da0d8d2..559e1e895f7f0647acb810ec62aa45ab854a06ee 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -10,3 +10,6 @@
 [submodule "hdl/ip_cores/gn4124-core"]
 	path = hdl/ip_cores/gn4124-core
 	url = git://ohwr.org/hdl-core-lib/gn4124-core.git
+[submodule "hdl/ip_cores/etherbone-core"]
+	path = hdl/ip_cores/etherbone-core
+	url = git://ohwr.org/hdl-core-lib/etherbone-core.git
diff --git a/hdl/ip_cores/etherbone-core b/hdl/ip_cores/etherbone-core
new file mode 160000
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8489445985ff2afe6c72712014a92a271869f20a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hdl/ip_cores/etherbone-core
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8489445985ff2afe6c72712014a92a271869f20a