diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 01ba9e81..73bf5032 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
 [submodule "fs"]
 	path = fs
 	url = https://github.com/babashka/fs
+[submodule "babashka.core"]
+	path = babashka.core
+	url = https://github.com/babashka/babashka.core.git
diff --git a/babashka.core b/babashka.core
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..1f833230
--- /dev/null
+++ b/babashka.core
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 1f83323081e314c4630f8b06bb14f2ef7786ef9c