diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feaa3a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "jsword"]
+	path = jsword
+	url = https://github.com/crosswire/jsword
diff --git a/jsword b/jsword
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..d7ad5ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsword
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit d7ad5ef9b9ace682f80fff65c8e9124748b1b210