diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index b86bf26ee..f3c79b52f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -97,3 +97,6 @@
 [submodule "nim/xspf_view"]
 	path = nim/xspf_view
 	url = git://depot.h4ck.me/srv/git/xspf_view
+[submodule "upstream"]
+	path = upstream
+	url = git@github.com:ehmry/genode.git
diff --git a/upstream b/upstream
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..11d2a2957
--- /dev/null
+++ b/upstream
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 11d2a2957af3794ba9776d0958c2165699a77ffd